δοτικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δο- (do-), short-vowel grade of the root of δίδωμι (dídōmi, “to give”), + -τῐκός (-tĭkós, verbal adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /do.ti.kós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /do.tiˈkos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðo.tiˈkos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðo.tiˈkos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðo.tiˈkos/

Adjective

δοτῐκός • (dotĭkós) m (feminine δοτῐκή, neuter δοτῐκόν); first/second declension

inclined to give, giving freely

Inflection

First and second declension of δοτῐκός; δοτῐκή; δοτῐκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	δοτῐκός dotĭkós	δοτῐκή dotĭkḗ	δοτῐκόν dotĭkón	δοτῐκώ dotĭkṓ	δοτῐκᾱ́ dotĭkā́	δοτῐκώ dotĭkṓ	δοτῐκοί dotĭkoí	δοτῐκαί dotĭkaí	δοτῐκᾰ́ dotĭkắ
Genitive	δοτῐκοῦ dotĭkoû	δοτῐκῆς dotĭkês	δοτῐκοῦ dotĭkoû	δοτῐκοῖν dotĭkoîn	δοτῐκαῖν dotĭkaîn	δοτῐκοῖν dotĭkoîn	δοτῐκῶν dotĭkôn	δοτῐκῶν dotĭkôn	δοτῐκῶν dotĭkôn
Dative	δοτῐκῷ dotĭkōî	δοτῐκῇ dotĭkēî	δοτῐκῷ dotĭkōî	δοτῐκοῖν dotĭkoîn	δοτῐκαῖν dotĭkaîn	δοτῐκοῖν dotĭkoîn	δοτῐκοῖς dotĭkoîs	δοτῐκαῖς dotĭkaîs	δοτῐκοῖς dotĭkoîs
Accusative	δοτῐκόν dotĭkón	δοτῐκήν dotĭkḗn	δοτῐκόν dotĭkón	δοτῐκώ dotĭkṓ	δοτῐκᾱ́ dotĭkā́	δοτῐκώ dotĭkṓ	δοτῐκούς dotĭkoús	δοτῐκᾱ́ς dotĭkā́s	δοτῐκᾰ́ dotĭkắ
Vocative	δοτῐκέ dotĭké	δοτῐκή dotĭkḗ	δοτῐκόν dotĭkón	δοτῐκώ dotĭkṓ	δοτῐκᾱ́ dotĭkā́	δοτῐκώ dotĭkṓ	δοτῐκοί dotĭkoí	δοτῐκαί dotĭkaí	δοτῐκᾰ́ dotĭkắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	δοτῐκῶς dotĭkôs			δοτῐκώτερος dotĭkṓteros			δοτῐκώτᾰτος dotĭkṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

δοτῐκή (dotĭkḗ, “the dative case”)

Related terms

ἀναδοτῐκός (anadotĭkós)
ἀνταποδοτῐκός (antapodotĭkós)
ἀποδοτῐκός (apodotĭkós)
ἐνδοτῐκός (endotĭkós)
ἐπιδοτῐκός (epidotĭkós)
μεταδοτῐκός (metadotĭkós)
προδοτῐκός (prodotĭkós)
συνδοτῐκός (sundotĭkós)

References

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