ἀδίκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The suffix "-ίκη" is found also in ἑλίκη (helíkē) and μυρίκη (muríkē, “tamarisk”). A connection with Proto-West Germanic *natilā (“nettle”) has been proposed. Alternatively it might be a substrate word, maybe from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἀδῐ́κη • (adĭ́kē) f (genitive ἀδῐ́κης); first declension

  1. nettle (Urtica dioica)
    Synonym: ἀκᾰλήφη (akălḗphē)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀδῐ́κη; τῆς ἀδῐ́κης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἀδῐ́κη
hē adĭ́kē 		τὼ ἀδῐ́κᾱ
tṑ adĭ́kā 		αἱ ἀδῐ́και
hai adĭ́kai
Genitive τῆς ἀδῐ́κης
tês adĭ́kēs 		τοῖν ἀδῐ́καιν
toîn adĭ́kain 		τῶν ἀδῐκῶν
tôn adĭkôn
Dative τῇ ἀδῐ́κῃ
tēî adĭ́kēi 		τοῖν ἀδῐ́καιν
toîn adĭ́kain 		ταῖς ἀδῐ́καις
taîs adĭ́kais
Accusative τὴν ἀδῐ́κην
tḕn adĭ́kēn 		τὼ ἀδῐ́κᾱ
tṑ adĭ́kā 		τᾱ̀ς ἀδῐ́κᾱς
tā̀s adĭ́kās
Vocative ἀδῐ́κη
adĭ́kē 		ἀδῐ́κᾱ
adĭ́kā 		ἀδῐ́και
adĭ́kai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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