ἠθικός

See also: ηθικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἦθος (êthos, “character; moral nature”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ĭkós).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛː.tʰi.kós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e̝.tʰiˈkos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.θiˈkos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.θiˈkos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.θiˈkos/

Adjective

ἠθῐκός • (ēthĭkós) m (feminine ἠθῐκή, neuter ἠθῐκόν); first/second declension

relating to character or disposition
1. (of a person) expressing or demonstrating one's nature
2. (theater) in character
ethical; moral (relating to morality)
1. (philosophy) relating to ethics (the study of principles relating to right and wrong conduct)
2. (of a text) concerned with conduct and virtue
(rhetoric) tactful

Declension

First and second declension of ἠθῐκός; ἠθῐκή; ἠθῐκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἠθῐκός ēthĭkós	ἠθῐκή ēthĭkḗ	ἠθῐκόν ēthĭkón	ἠθῐκώ ēthĭkṓ	ἠθῐκᾱ́ ēthĭkā́	ἠθῐκώ ēthĭkṓ	ἠθῐκοί ēthĭkoí	ἠθῐκαί ēthĭkaí	ἠθῐκᾰ́ ēthĭkắ
Genitive	ἠθῐκοῦ ēthĭkoû	ἠθῐκῆς ēthĭkês	ἠθῐκοῦ ēthĭkoû	ἠθῐκοῖν ēthĭkoîn	ἠθῐκαῖν ēthĭkaîn	ἠθῐκοῖν ēthĭkoîn	ἠθῐκῶν ēthĭkôn	ἠθῐκῶν ēthĭkôn	ἠθῐκῶν ēthĭkôn
Dative	ἠθῐκῷ ēthĭkōî	ἠθῐκῇ ēthĭkēî	ἠθῐκῷ ēthĭkōî	ἠθῐκοῖν ēthĭkoîn	ἠθῐκαῖν ēthĭkaîn	ἠθῐκοῖν ēthĭkoîn	ἠθῐκοῖς ēthĭkoîs	ἠθῐκαῖς ēthĭkaîs	ἠθῐκοῖς ēthĭkoîs
Accusative	ἠθῐκόν ēthĭkón	ἠθῐκήν ēthĭkḗn	ἠθῐκόν ēthĭkón	ἠθῐκώ ēthĭkṓ	ἠθῐκᾱ́ ēthĭkā́	ἠθῐκώ ēthĭkṓ	ἠθῐκούς ēthĭkoús	ἠθῐκᾱ́ς ēthĭkā́s	ἠθῐκᾰ́ ēthĭkắ
Vocative	ἠθῐκέ ēthĭké	ἠθῐκή ēthĭkḗ	ἠθῐκόν ēthĭkón	ἠθῐκώ ēthĭkṓ	ἠθῐκᾱ́ ēthĭkā́	ἠθῐκώ ēthĭkṓ	ἠθῐκοί ēthĭkoí	ἠθῐκαί ēthĭkaí	ἠθῐκᾰ́ ēthĭkắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ἠθῐκῶς ēthĭkôs			ἠθῐκώτερος ēthĭkṓteros			ἠθῐκώτᾰτος ēthĭkṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἠθῐκᾰ́ (ēthĭkắ)
ἠθῐκεύομαι (ēthĭkeúomai)
ἠθῐκή (ēthĭkḗ)
ἠθῐκόν (ēthĭkón)
ἠθῐκότης (ēthĭkótēs)
ἠθῐκῶς (ēthĭkôs)

Descendants

Greek: ηθικός (ithikós)
→ Latin: ēthicus (see there for further descendants)

References

“ἠθικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἠθικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἠθικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- moral idem, page 540.
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “ethical”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.