Ἰνδικός

See also: ινδικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἰνδία (Indía) +‎ -ικός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /in.di.kós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /in.diˈkos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /in.diˈkos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /in.diˈkos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /in.diˈkos/

Adjective

Ἰνδικός • (Indikós) m (feminine Ἰνδική, neuter Ἰνδικόν); first/second declension

Indian, Indic
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories:
  κυνῶν δὲ Ἰνδικῶν τοσοῦτο δή τι πλῆθος ἐτρέφετο ὥστε τέσσερες τῶν ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ κῶμαι μεγάλαι, τῶν ἄλλων ἐοῦσαι ἀτελέες
  kunôn dè Indikôn tosoûto dḗ ti plêthos etrépheto hṓste tésseres tôn en tōî pedíōi kômai megálai, tôn állōn eoûsai atelées
  Moreover he kept so great a number of Indian dogs that four great villages of the plain were appointed to provide food for the dogs and exempted from all other burdens.

Inflection

First and second declension of Ἰνδικός; Ἰνδική; Ἰνδικόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	Ἰνδικός Indikós	Ἰνδική Indikḗ	Ἰνδικόν Indikón	Ἰνδικώ Indikṓ	Ἰνδικᾱ́ Indikā́	Ἰνδικώ Indikṓ	Ἰνδικοί Indikoí	Ἰνδικαί Indikaí	Ἰνδικᾰ́ Indikắ
Genitive	Ἰνδικοῦ Indikoû	Ἰνδικῆς Indikês	Ἰνδικοῦ Indikoû	Ἰνδικοῖν Indikoîn	Ἰνδικαῖν Indikaîn	Ἰνδικοῖν Indikoîn	Ἰνδικῶν Indikôn	Ἰνδικῶν Indikôn	Ἰνδικῶν Indikôn
Dative	Ἰνδικῷ Indikōî	Ἰνδικῇ Indikēî	Ἰνδικῷ Indikōî	Ἰνδικοῖν Indikoîn	Ἰνδικαῖν Indikaîn	Ἰνδικοῖν Indikoîn	Ἰνδικοῖς Indikoîs	Ἰνδικαῖς Indikaîs	Ἰνδικοῖς Indikoîs
Accusative	Ἰνδικόν Indikón	Ἰνδικήν Indikḗn	Ἰνδικόν Indikón	Ἰνδικώ Indikṓ	Ἰνδικᾱ́ Indikā́	Ἰνδικώ Indikṓ	Ἰνδικούς Indikoús	Ἰνδικᾱ́ς Indikā́s	Ἰνδικᾰ́ Indikắ
Vocative	Ἰνδικέ Indiké	Ἰνδική Indikḗ	Ἰνδικόν Indikón	Ἰνδικώ Indikṓ	Ἰνδικᾱ́ Indikā́	Ἰνδικώ Indikṓ	Ἰνδικοί Indikoí	Ἰνδικαί Indikaí	Ἰνδικᾰ́ Indikắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	Ἰνδικῶς Indikôs			Ἰνδικότερος Indikóteros			Ἰνδικότᾰτος Indikótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Ἰνδική (Indikḗ)
Ἰνδικόν (Indikón)

Descendants

Greek: ινδικός (indikós)
→ Latin: indicus
- Gallo-Italic:
  - Romagnol: índac (“indigo”)
- Italian: indaco (“indigo”)
- → Polish: indyk (“turkey”)
- → Portuguese: índigo (“indigo”)
- → Romanian: indic
- → Russian: индюк (indjuk, “turkey”)
- → Spanish: índigo (“indigo”)
- → Ukrainian: індик (indyk)

References

Ἰνδικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette