αἰτιατικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From αἰτῐᾱτός (aitĭātós, “caused”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ĭkós, adjective suffix): “relating to an effect”. The Latin calque accūsātīvus (from which comes English accusative) came from an analysis of the word as deriving from αἰτιάομαι (aitiáomai, “to accuse”) +‎ -τῐκός (-tĭkós, verbal adjective suffix), but if that were its derivation, it would have a different meaning: “related to accusing”.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ai̯.ti.aː.ti.kós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɛ.ti.a.tiˈkos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɛ.ti.a.tiˈkos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.ti.a.tiˈkos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.ti.a.tiˈkos/

Adjective

αἰτῐᾱτῐκός • (aitĭātĭkós) m (feminine αἰτῐᾱτῐκή, neuter αἰτῐᾱτῐκόν); first/second declension

causal

Inflection

First and second declension of αἰτῐᾱτῐκός; αἰτῐᾱτῐκή; αἰτῐᾱτῐκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	αἰτῐᾱτῐκός aitĭātĭkós	αἰτῐᾱτῐκή aitĭātĭkḗ	αἰτῐᾱτῐκόν aitĭātĭkón	αἰτῐᾱτῐκώ aitĭātĭkṓ	αἰτῐᾱτῐκᾱ́ aitĭātĭkā́	αἰτῐᾱτῐκώ aitĭātĭkṓ	αἰτῐᾱτῐκοί aitĭātĭkoí	αἰτῐᾱτῐκαί aitĭātĭkaí	αἰτῐᾱτῐκᾰ́ aitĭātĭkắ
Genitive	αἰτῐᾱτῐκοῦ aitĭātĭkoû	αἰτῐᾱτῐκῆς aitĭātĭkês	αἰτῐᾱτῐκοῦ aitĭātĭkoû	αἰτῐᾱτῐκοῖν aitĭātĭkoîn	αἰτῐᾱτῐκαῖν aitĭātĭkaîn	αἰτῐᾱτῐκοῖν aitĭātĭkoîn	αἰτῐᾱτῐκῶν aitĭātĭkôn	αἰτῐᾱτῐκῶν aitĭātĭkôn	αἰτῐᾱτῐκῶν aitĭātĭkôn
Dative	αἰτῐᾱτῐκῷ aitĭātĭkōî	αἰτῐᾱτῐκῇ aitĭātĭkēî	αἰτῐᾱτῐκῷ aitĭātĭkōî	αἰτῐᾱτῐκοῖν aitĭātĭkoîn	αἰτῐᾱτῐκαῖν aitĭātĭkaîn	αἰτῐᾱτῐκοῖν aitĭātĭkoîn	αἰτῐᾱτῐκοῖς aitĭātĭkoîs	αἰτῐᾱτῐκαῖς aitĭātĭkaîs	αἰτῐᾱτῐκοῖς aitĭātĭkoîs
Accusative	αἰτῐᾱτῐκόν aitĭātĭkón	αἰτῐᾱτῐκήν aitĭātĭkḗn	αἰτῐᾱτῐκόν aitĭātĭkón	αἰτῐᾱτῐκώ aitĭātĭkṓ	αἰτῐᾱτῐκᾱ́ aitĭātĭkā́	αἰτῐᾱτῐκώ aitĭātĭkṓ	αἰτῐᾱτῐκούς aitĭātĭkoús	αἰτῐᾱτῐκᾱ́ς aitĭātĭkā́s	αἰτῐᾱτῐκᾰ́ aitĭātĭkắ
Vocative	αἰτῐᾱτῐκέ aitĭātĭké	αἰτῐᾱτῐκή aitĭātĭkḗ	αἰτῐᾱτῐκόν aitĭātĭkón	αἰτῐᾱτῐκώ aitĭātĭkṓ	αἰτῐᾱτῐκᾱ́ aitĭātĭkā́	αἰτῐᾱτῐκώ aitĭātĭkṓ	αἰτῐᾱτῐκοί aitĭātĭkoí	αἰτῐᾱτῐκαί aitĭātĭkaí	αἰτῐᾱτῐκᾰ́ aitĭātĭkắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	αἰτῐᾱτῐκῶς aitĭātĭkôs			αἰτῐᾱτῐκώτερος aitĭātĭkṓteros			αἰτῐᾱτῐκώτᾰτος aitĭātĭkṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

αἰτῐᾱτῐκή (aitĭātĭkḗ, “accusative case”)

References

“αἰτιατικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
αἰτιατικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
αἰτιατικός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)