βοτανικός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From βοτάνη (botánē, “herb”) + -ικός (-ikós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bo.ta.ni.kós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /bo.ta.niˈkos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βo.ta.niˈkos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vo.ta.niˈkos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vo.ta.niˈkos/
Adjective
βοτᾰνῐκός • (botănĭkós) m (feminine βοτᾰνῐκή, neuter βοτᾰνῐκόν); first/second declension
- pertaining to herbs
- pertaining to herbal remedies
- (nominalized, masculine plural) herb-gatherers
- (Byzantine, nominalized, masculine) vegan hermit
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | βοτᾰνῐκός botănĭkós |
βοτᾰνῐκή botănĭkḗ |
βοτᾰνῐκόν botănĭkón |
βοτᾰνῐκώ botănĭkṓ |
βοτᾰνῐκᾱ́ botănĭkā́ |
βοτᾰνῐκώ botănĭkṓ |
βοτᾰνῐκοί botănĭkoí |
βοτᾰνῐκαί botănĭkaí |
βοτᾰνῐκᾰ́ botănĭkắ | |||||
| Genitive | βοτᾰνῐκοῦ botănĭkoû |
βοτᾰνῐκῆς botănĭkês |
βοτᾰνῐκοῦ botănĭkoû |
βοτᾰνῐκοῖν botănĭkoîn |
βοτᾰνῐκαῖν botănĭkaîn |
βοτᾰνῐκοῖν botănĭkoîn |
βοτᾰνῐκῶν botănĭkôn |
βοτᾰνῐκῶν botănĭkôn |
βοτᾰνῐκῶν botănĭkôn | |||||
| Dative | βοτᾰνῐκῷ botănĭkōî |
βοτᾰνῐκῇ botănĭkēî |
βοτᾰνῐκῷ botănĭkōî |
βοτᾰνῐκοῖν botănĭkoîn |
βοτᾰνῐκαῖν botănĭkaîn |
βοτᾰνῐκοῖν botănĭkoîn |
βοτᾰνῐκοῖς botănĭkoîs |
βοτᾰνῐκαῖς botănĭkaîs |
βοτᾰνῐκοῖς botănĭkoîs | |||||
| Accusative | βοτᾰνῐκόν botănĭkón |
βοτᾰνῐκήν botănĭkḗn |
βοτᾰνῐκόν botănĭkón |
βοτᾰνῐκώ botănĭkṓ |
βοτᾰνῐκᾱ́ botănĭkā́ |
βοτᾰνῐκώ botănĭkṓ |
βοτᾰνῐκούς botănĭkoús |
βοτᾰνῐκᾱ́ς botănĭkā́s |
βοτᾰνῐκᾰ́ botănĭkắ | |||||
| Vocative | βοτᾰνῐκέ botănĭké |
βοτᾰνῐκή botănĭkḗ |
βοτᾰνῐκόν botănĭkón |
βοτᾰνῐκώ botănĭkṓ |
βοτᾰνῐκᾱ́ botănĭkā́ |
βοτᾰνῐκώ botănĭkṓ |
βοτᾰνῐκοί botănĭkoí |
βοτᾰνῐκαί botănĭkaí |
βοτᾰνῐκᾰ́ botănĭkắ | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| βοτᾰνῐκῶς botănĭkôs |
βοτᾰνῐκώτερος botănĭkṓteros |
βοτᾰνῐκώτᾰτος botănĭkṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
Descendants
- Greek: βοτανικός (votanikós)
- → Esperanto: botaniko
- → Latin: botanicus
- → Catalan: botànic (learned)
- → Czech: botanik
- → Danish: botanik
- → Dutch: botanicus
- → English: botanic
- → French: botanique
- → German: Botanik
- → Italian: botanico
- → Luxembourgish: Botanik
- → Occitan: botanic
- → Polish: botanik
- → Portuguese: botânico
- → Romanian: botanic
- → Spanish: botánico
- → Swedish: botanik
Further reading
- βοτανικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βοτανικός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- βοτανικός in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- βοτανικός, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “βοτανικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βοτανικός (botanikós), from βοτάνη (botánē, “herb, pasture”), from βόσκω (bóskō, “to graze”).
Adjective
βοτανικός • (votanikós) m (feminine βοτανική, neuter βοτανικό)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | βοτανικός (votanikós) | βοτανική (votanikí) | βοτανικό (votanikó) | βοτανικοί (votanikoí) | βοτανικές (votanikés) | βοτανικά (votaniká) | |
| genitive | βοτανικού (votanikoú) | βοτανικής (votanikís) | βοτανικού (votanikoú) | βοτανικών (votanikón) | βοτανικών (votanikón) | βοτανικών (votanikón) | |
| accusative | βοτανικό (votanikó) | βοτανική (votanikí) | βοτανικό (votanikó) | βοτανικούς (votanikoús) | βοτανικές (votanikés) | βοτανικά (votaniká) | |
| vocative | βοτανικέ (votaniké) | βοτανική (votanikí) | βοτανικό (votanikó) | βοτανικοί (votanikoí) | βοτανικές (votanikés) | βοτανικά (votaniká) | |