ἀκουστικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀκούω (akoúō, “to hear”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ĭkós).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

ᾰ̓κουστῐκός • (ăkoustĭkós) m (feminine ᾰ̓κουστῐκή, neuter ᾰ̓κουστῐκόν); first/second declension

of or for hearing

Inflection

First and second declension of ᾰ̓κουστῐκός; ᾰ̓κουστῐκή; ᾰ̓κουστῐκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ᾰ̓κουστῐκός ăkoustĭkós	ᾰ̓κουστῐκή ăkoustĭkḗ	ᾰ̓κουστῐκόν ăkoustĭkón	ᾰ̓κουστῐκώ ăkoustĭkṓ	ᾰ̓κουστῐκᾱ́ ăkoustĭkā́	ᾰ̓κουστῐκώ ăkoustĭkṓ	ᾰ̓κουστῐκοί ăkoustĭkoí	ᾰ̓κουστῐκαί ăkoustĭkaí	ᾰ̓κουστῐκᾰ́ ăkoustĭkắ
Genitive	ᾰ̓κουστῐκοῦ ăkoustĭkoû	ᾰ̓κουστῐκῆς ăkoustĭkês	ᾰ̓κουστῐκοῦ ăkoustĭkoû	ᾰ̓κουστῐκοῖν ăkoustĭkoîn	ᾰ̓κουστῐκαῖν ăkoustĭkaîn	ᾰ̓κουστῐκοῖν ăkoustĭkoîn	ᾰ̓κουστῐκῶν ăkoustĭkôn	ᾰ̓κουστῐκῶν ăkoustĭkôn	ᾰ̓κουστῐκῶν ăkoustĭkôn
Dative	ᾰ̓κουστῐκῷ ăkoustĭkōî	ᾰ̓κουστῐκῇ ăkoustĭkēî	ᾰ̓κουστῐκῷ ăkoustĭkōî	ᾰ̓κουστῐκοῖν ăkoustĭkoîn	ᾰ̓κουστῐκαῖν ăkoustĭkaîn	ᾰ̓κουστῐκοῖν ăkoustĭkoîn	ᾰ̓κουστῐκοῖς ăkoustĭkoîs	ᾰ̓κουστῐκαῖς ăkoustĭkaîs	ᾰ̓κουστῐκοῖς ăkoustĭkoîs
Accusative	ᾰ̓κουστῐκόν ăkoustĭkón	ᾰ̓κουστῐκήν ăkoustĭkḗn	ᾰ̓κουστῐκόν ăkoustĭkón	ᾰ̓κουστῐκώ ăkoustĭkṓ	ᾰ̓κουστῐκᾱ́ ăkoustĭkā́	ᾰ̓κουστῐκώ ăkoustĭkṓ	ᾰ̓κουστῐκούς ăkoustĭkoús	ᾰ̓κουστῐκᾱ́ς ăkoustĭkā́s	ᾰ̓κουστῐκᾰ́ ăkoustĭkắ
Vocative	ᾰ̓κουστῐκέ ăkoustĭké	ᾰ̓κουστῐκή ăkoustĭkḗ	ᾰ̓κουστῐκόν ăkoustĭkón	ᾰ̓κουστῐκώ ăkoustĭkṓ	ᾰ̓κουστῐκᾱ́ ăkoustĭkā́	ᾰ̓κουστῐκώ ăkoustĭkṓ	ᾰ̓κουστῐκοί ăkoustĭkoí	ᾰ̓κουστῐκαί ăkoustĭkaí	ᾰ̓κουστῐκᾰ́ ăkoustĭkắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ᾰ̓κουστῐκῶς ăkoustĭkôs			ᾰ̓κουστῐκώτερος ăkoustĭkṓteros			ᾰ̓κουστῐκώτᾰτος ăkoustĭkṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: ακουστικός (akoustikós)
→ Latin: acousticus
- → English: acoustic
- → French: acoustique
  - → Persian: آکوستیک (âkustik)