περιπατητικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From περῐπᾰτέω (perĭpătéō, “I walk around”) +‎ -τῐκός (-tĭkós, “verbal adjective suffix”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pe.ri.pa.tɛː.ti.kós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pe.ri.pa.te̝.tiˈkos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pe.ri.pa.ti.tiˈkos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pe.ri.pa.ti.tiˈkos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pe.ri.pa.ti.tiˈkos/

Adjective

περῐπᾰτητῐκός • (perĭpătētĭkós) m (feminine περῐπᾰτητῐκή, neuter περῐπᾰτητῐκόν); first/second declension

Given to walking around

Usage notes

Aristotle and his followers were called περῐπᾰτητῐκοί (perĭpătētĭkoí), in reference to their teaching and learning while walking around.

Inflection

First and second declension of περῐπᾰτητῐκός; περῐπᾰτητῐκή; περῐπᾰτητῐκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	περῐπᾰτητῐκός perĭpătētĭkós	περῐπᾰτητῐκή perĭpătētĭkḗ	περῐπᾰτητῐκόν perĭpătētĭkón	περῐπᾰτητῐκώ perĭpătētĭkṓ	περῐπᾰτητῐκᾱ́ perĭpătētĭkā́	περῐπᾰτητῐκώ perĭpătētĭkṓ	περῐπᾰτητῐκοί perĭpătētĭkoí	περῐπᾰτητῐκαί perĭpătētĭkaí	περῐπᾰτητῐκᾰ́ perĭpătētĭkắ
Genitive	περῐπᾰτητῐκοῦ perĭpătētĭkoû	περῐπᾰτητῐκῆς perĭpătētĭkês	περῐπᾰτητῐκοῦ perĭpătētĭkoû	περῐπᾰτητῐκοῖν perĭpătētĭkoîn	περῐπᾰτητῐκαῖν perĭpătētĭkaîn	περῐπᾰτητῐκοῖν perĭpătētĭkoîn	περῐπᾰτητῐκῶν perĭpătētĭkôn	περῐπᾰτητῐκῶν perĭpătētĭkôn	περῐπᾰτητῐκῶν perĭpătētĭkôn
Dative	περῐπᾰτητῐκῷ perĭpătētĭkōî	περῐπᾰτητῐκῇ perĭpătētĭkēî	περῐπᾰτητῐκῷ perĭpătētĭkōî	περῐπᾰτητῐκοῖν perĭpătētĭkoîn	περῐπᾰτητῐκαῖν perĭpătētĭkaîn	περῐπᾰτητῐκοῖν perĭpătētĭkoîn	περῐπᾰτητῐκοῖς perĭpătētĭkoîs	περῐπᾰτητῐκαῖς perĭpătētĭkaîs	περῐπᾰτητῐκοῖς perĭpătētĭkoîs
Accusative	περῐπᾰτητῐκόν perĭpătētĭkón	περῐπᾰτητῐκήν perĭpătētĭkḗn	περῐπᾰτητῐκόν perĭpătētĭkón	περῐπᾰτητῐκώ perĭpătētĭkṓ	περῐπᾰτητῐκᾱ́ perĭpătētĭkā́	περῐπᾰτητῐκώ perĭpătētĭkṓ	περῐπᾰτητῐκούς perĭpătētĭkoús	περῐπᾰτητῐκᾱ́ς perĭpătētĭkā́s	περῐπᾰτητῐκᾰ́ perĭpătētĭkắ
Vocative	περῐπᾰτητῐκέ perĭpătētĭké	περῐπᾰτητῐκή perĭpătētĭkḗ	περῐπᾰτητῐκόν perĭpătētĭkón	περῐπᾰτητῐκώ perĭpătētĭkṓ	περῐπᾰτητῐκᾱ́ perĭpătētĭkā́	περῐπᾰτητῐκώ perĭpătētĭkṓ	περῐπᾰτητῐκοί perĭpătētĭkoí	περῐπᾰτητῐκαί perĭpătētĭkaí	περῐπᾰτητῐκᾰ́ perĭpătētĭkắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	περῐπᾰτητῐκῶς perĭpătētĭkôs			—			—
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Latin: peripatēticus

References

“περιπατητικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“περιπατητικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
περιπατητικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
περιπατητικός 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