ἀφροδισιακός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē) +‎ -ακός (-akós).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ha.pʰro.di.si.a.kós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)a.pʰro.di.si.aˈkos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ɸro.ði.si.aˈkos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.fro.ði.si.aˈkos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.fro.ði.si.aˈkos/

Adjective

ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκός • (aphrodĭsĭăkós) m (feminine ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκή, neuter ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκόν); first/second declension

aphrodisiac

Declension

First and second declension of ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκός; ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκή; ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκός aphrodĭsĭăkós	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκή aphrodĭsĭăkḗ	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκόν aphrodĭsĭăkón	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκώ aphrodĭsĭăkṓ	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκᾱ́ aphrodĭsĭăkā́	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκώ aphrodĭsĭăkṓ	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκοί aphrodĭsĭăkoí	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκαί aphrodĭsĭăkaí	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκᾰ́ aphrodĭsĭăkắ
Genitive	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκοῦ aphrodĭsĭăkoû	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκῆς aphrodĭsĭăkês	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκοῦ aphrodĭsĭăkoû	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκοῖν aphrodĭsĭăkoîn	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκαῖν aphrodĭsĭăkaîn	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκοῖν aphrodĭsĭăkoîn	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκῶν aphrodĭsĭăkôn	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκῶν aphrodĭsĭăkôn	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκῶν aphrodĭsĭăkôn
Dative	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκῷ aphrodĭsĭăkōî	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκῇ aphrodĭsĭăkēî	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκῷ aphrodĭsĭăkōî	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκοῖν aphrodĭsĭăkoîn	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκαῖν aphrodĭsĭăkaîn	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκοῖν aphrodĭsĭăkoîn	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκοῖς aphrodĭsĭăkoîs	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκαῖς aphrodĭsĭăkaîs	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκοῖς aphrodĭsĭăkoîs
Accusative	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκόν aphrodĭsĭăkón	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκήν aphrodĭsĭăkḗn	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκόν aphrodĭsĭăkón	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκώ aphrodĭsĭăkṓ	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκᾱ́ aphrodĭsĭăkā́	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκώ aphrodĭsĭăkṓ	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκούς aphrodĭsĭăkoús	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκᾱ́ς aphrodĭsĭăkā́s	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκᾰ́ aphrodĭsĭăkắ
Vocative	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκέ aphrodĭsĭăké	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκή aphrodĭsĭăkḗ	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκόν aphrodĭsĭăkón	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκώ aphrodĭsĭăkṓ	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκᾱ́ aphrodĭsĭăkā́	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκώ aphrodĭsĭăkṓ	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκοί aphrodĭsĭăkoí	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκαί aphrodĭsĭăkaí	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκᾰ́ aphrodĭsĭăkắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκῶς aphrodĭsĭăkôs			ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκώτερος aphrodĭsĭăkṓteros			ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκώτᾰτος aphrodĭsĭăkṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: αφροδισιακός (afrodisiakós)
→ Latin: aphrodisiacus
- → English: aphrodisiac
- → French: aphrodisiaque