ἐθνικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἔθνος (éthnos, “tribe, country, nation”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ĭkós).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.tʰni.kós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.tʰniˈkos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.θniˈkos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.θniˈkos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.θniˈkos/

Adjective

ἐθνῐκός • (ethnĭkós) m (feminine ἐθνῐκή, neuter ἐθνῐκόν); first/second declension

national
foreign
(especially Christianity) heathen, gentile
tax collector

Inflection

First and second declension of ἐθνῐκός; ἐθνῐκή; ἐθνῐκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἐθνῐκός ethnĭkós	ἐθνῐκή ethnĭkḗ	ἐθνῐκόν ethnĭkón	ἐθνῐκώ ethnĭkṓ	ἐθνῐκᾱ́ ethnĭkā́	ἐθνῐκώ ethnĭkṓ	ἐθνῐκοί ethnĭkoí	ἐθνῐκαί ethnĭkaí	ἐθνῐκᾰ́ ethnĭkắ
Genitive	ἐθνῐκοῦ ethnĭkoû	ἐθνῐκῆς ethnĭkês	ἐθνῐκοῦ ethnĭkoû	ἐθνῐκοῖν ethnĭkoîn	ἐθνῐκαῖν ethnĭkaîn	ἐθνῐκοῖν ethnĭkoîn	ἐθνῐκῶν ethnĭkôn	ἐθνῐκῶν ethnĭkôn	ἐθνῐκῶν ethnĭkôn
Dative	ἐθνῐκῷ ethnĭkōî	ἐθνῐκῇ ethnĭkēî	ἐθνῐκῷ ethnĭkōî	ἐθνῐκοῖν ethnĭkoîn	ἐθνῐκαῖν ethnĭkaîn	ἐθνῐκοῖν ethnĭkoîn	ἐθνῐκοῖς ethnĭkoîs	ἐθνῐκαῖς ethnĭkaîs	ἐθνῐκοῖς ethnĭkoîs
Accusative	ἐθνῐκόν ethnĭkón	ἐθνῐκήν ethnĭkḗn	ἐθνῐκόν ethnĭkón	ἐθνῐκώ ethnĭkṓ	ἐθνῐκᾱ́ ethnĭkā́	ἐθνῐκώ ethnĭkṓ	ἐθνῐκούς ethnĭkoús	ἐθνῐκᾱ́ς ethnĭkā́s	ἐθνῐκᾰ́ ethnĭkắ
Vocative	ἐθνῐκέ ethnĭké	ἐθνῐκή ethnĭkḗ	ἐθνῐκόν ethnĭkón	ἐθνῐκώ ethnĭkṓ	ἐθνῐκᾱ́ ethnĭkā́	ἐθνῐκώ ethnĭkṓ	ἐθνῐκοί ethnĭkoí	ἐθνῐκαί ethnĭkaí	ἐθνῐκᾰ́ ethnĭkắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ἐθνῐκῶς ethnĭkôs			ἐθνῐκώτερος ethnĭkṓteros			ἐθνῐκώτᾰτος ethnĭkṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: εθνικός (ethnikós)
Latin: ethnicus
French: ethnique
English: ethnic

References

“ἐθνικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἐθνικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἐθνικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.