κληρικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κλῆρος (klêros, “a lot, which is alotted, clergy”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ĭkós).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /klɛː.ri.kós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kle̝.riˈkos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kli.riˈkos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kli.riˈkos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kli.riˈkos/

Adjective

κληρῐκός • (klērĭkós) m (feminine κληρῐκή, neuter κληρῐκόν); first/second declension

concerning inheritances
of or pertaining to clergy; clerical

Inflection

First and second declension of κληρῐκός; κληρῐκή; κληρῐκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	κληρῐκός klērĭkós	κληρῐκή klērĭkḗ	κληρῐκόν klērĭkón	κληρῐκώ klērĭkṓ	κληρῐκᾱ́ klērĭkā́	κληρῐκώ klērĭkṓ	κληρῐκοί klērĭkoí	κληρῐκαί klērĭkaí	κληρῐκᾰ́ klērĭkắ
Genitive	κληρῐκοῦ klērĭkoû	κληρῐκῆς klērĭkês	κληρῐκοῦ klērĭkoû	κληρῐκοῖν klērĭkoîn	κληρῐκαῖν klērĭkaîn	κληρῐκοῖν klērĭkoîn	κληρῐκῶν klērĭkôn	κληρῐκῶν klērĭkôn	κληρῐκῶν klērĭkôn
Dative	κληρῐκῷ klērĭkōî	κληρῐκῇ klērĭkēî	κληρῐκῷ klērĭkōî	κληρῐκοῖν klērĭkoîn	κληρῐκαῖν klērĭkaîn	κληρῐκοῖν klērĭkoîn	κληρῐκοῖς klērĭkoîs	κληρῐκαῖς klērĭkaîs	κληρῐκοῖς klērĭkoîs
Accusative	κληρῐκόν klērĭkón	κληρῐκήν klērĭkḗn	κληρῐκόν klērĭkón	κληρῐκώ klērĭkṓ	κληρῐκᾱ́ klērĭkā́	κληρῐκώ klērĭkṓ	κληρῐκούς klērĭkoús	κληρῐκᾱ́ς klērĭkā́s	κληρῐκᾰ́ klērĭkắ
Vocative	κληρῐκέ klērĭké	κληρῐκή klērĭkḗ	κληρῐκόν klērĭkón	κληρῐκώ klērĭkṓ	κληρῐκᾱ́ klērĭkā́	κληρῐκώ klērĭkṓ	κληρῐκοί klērĭkoí	κληρῐκαί klērĭkaí	κληρῐκᾰ́ klērĭkắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	κληρῐκῶς klērĭkôs			κληρῐκώτερος klērĭkṓteros			κληρῐκώτᾰτος klērĭkṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

κληρῐκός • (klērĭkós) m (genitive κληρῐκοῦ); second declension

clergyman

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κληρῐκός; τοῦ κληρῐκοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κληρῐκός ho klērĭkós	τὼ κληρῐκώ tṑ klērĭkṓ	οἱ κληρῐκοί hoi klērĭkoí
Genitive	τοῦ κληρῐκοῦ toû klērĭkoû	τοῖν κληρῐκοῖν toîn klērĭkoîn	τῶν κληρῐκῶν tôn klērĭkôn
Dative	τῷ κληρῐκῷ tōî klērĭkōî	τοῖν κληρῐκοῖν toîn klērĭkoîn	τοῖς κληρῐκοῖς toîs klērĭkoîs
Accusative	τὸν κληρῐκόν tòn klērĭkón	τὼ κληρῐκώ tṑ klērĭkṓ	τοὺς κληρῐκούς toùs klērĭkoús
Vocative	κληρῐκέ klērĭké	κληρῐκώ klērĭkṓ	κληρῐκοί klērĭkoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: κληρικός (klirikós)
→ Late Latin: clēricus (see there for further descendants)

References

“κληρικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
κληρικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “clerk”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Greek

Noun

κληρικός • (klirikós) m (plural κληρικοί)

cleric
Antonym: λαϊκός (laïkós)

Declension

Declension of **κληρικός**
	singular	plural
nominative	κληρικός (klirikós)	κληρικοί (klirikoí)
genitive	κληρικού (klirikoú)	κληρικών (klirikón)
accusative	κληρικό (klirikó)	κληρικούς (klirikoús)
vocative	κληρικέ (kliriké)	κληρικοί (klirikoí)

Related terms

αντικληρικαλισμός m (antiklirikalismós, “anticlericalism, secularism”)
αντικληρικισμός m (antiklirikismós, “anticlericalism, secularism”)
αντικληρικός m (antiklirikós, “anticlericalist, secularist”)
αντικληρισμός m (antiklirismós, “anticlericalism, secularism”)