ἱστορικός

See also: ιστορικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ (hĭstorĭ́ā, “inquiry”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ĭkós).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /his.to.ri.kós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)is.to.riˈkos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /is.to.riˈkos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /is.to.riˈkos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /is.to.riˈkos/

Adjective

ῐ̔στορῐκός • (hĭstorĭkós) m (feminine ῐ̔στορῐκή, neuter ῐ̔στορῐκόν); first/second declension

exact, precise, scientific
belonging or pertaining to history, historical

Inflection

First and second declension of ῐ̔στορῐκός; ῐ̔στορῐκή; ῐ̔στορῐκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ῐ̔στορῐκός hĭstorĭkós	ῐ̔στορῐκή hĭstorĭkḗ	ῐ̔στορῐκόν hĭstorĭkón	ῐ̔στορῐκώ hĭstorĭkṓ	ῐ̔στορῐκᾱ́ hĭstorĭkā́	ῐ̔στορῐκώ hĭstorĭkṓ	ῐ̔στορῐκοί hĭstorĭkoí	ῐ̔στορῐκαί hĭstorĭkaí	ῐ̔στορῐκᾰ́ hĭstorĭkắ
Genitive	ῐ̔στορῐκοῦ hĭstorĭkoû	ῐ̔στορῐκῆς hĭstorĭkês	ῐ̔στορῐκοῦ hĭstorĭkoû	ῐ̔στορῐκοῖν hĭstorĭkoîn	ῐ̔στορῐκαῖν hĭstorĭkaîn	ῐ̔στορῐκοῖν hĭstorĭkoîn	ῐ̔στορῐκῶν hĭstorĭkôn	ῐ̔στορῐκῶν hĭstorĭkôn	ῐ̔στορῐκῶν hĭstorĭkôn
Dative	ῐ̔στορῐκῷ hĭstorĭkōî	ῐ̔στορῐκῇ hĭstorĭkēî	ῐ̔στορῐκῷ hĭstorĭkōî	ῐ̔στορῐκοῖν hĭstorĭkoîn	ῐ̔στορῐκαῖν hĭstorĭkaîn	ῐ̔στορῐκοῖν hĭstorĭkoîn	ῐ̔στορῐκοῖς hĭstorĭkoîs	ῐ̔στορῐκαῖς hĭstorĭkaîs	ῐ̔στορῐκοῖς hĭstorĭkoîs
Accusative	ῐ̔στορῐκόν hĭstorĭkón	ῐ̔στορῐκήν hĭstorĭkḗn	ῐ̔στορῐκόν hĭstorĭkón	ῐ̔στορῐκώ hĭstorĭkṓ	ῐ̔στορῐκᾱ́ hĭstorĭkā́	ῐ̔στορῐκώ hĭstorĭkṓ	ῐ̔στορῐκούς hĭstorĭkoús	ῐ̔στορῐκᾱ́ς hĭstorĭkā́s	ῐ̔στορῐκᾰ́ hĭstorĭkắ
Vocative	ῐ̔στορῐκέ hĭstorĭké	ῐ̔στορῐκή hĭstorĭkḗ	ῐ̔στορῐκόν hĭstorĭkón	ῐ̔στορῐκώ hĭstorĭkṓ	ῐ̔στορῐκᾱ́ hĭstorĭkā́	ῐ̔στορῐκώ hĭstorĭkṓ	ῐ̔στορῐκοί hĭstorĭkoí	ῐ̔στορῐκαί hĭstorĭkaí	ῐ̔στορῐκᾰ́ hĭstorĭkắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ῐ̔στορῐκῶς hĭstorĭkôs			ῐ̔στορῐκώτερος hĭstorĭkṓteros			ῐ̔στορῐκώτᾰτος hĭstorĭkṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

ῐ̔στορῐκός • (hĭstorĭkós) m (genitive ῐ̔στορῐκοῦ); second declension

historian

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ῐ̔στορῐκός; τοῦ ῐ̔στορῐκοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ῐ̔στορῐκός ho hĭstorĭkós	τὼ ῐ̔στορῐκώ tṑ hĭstorĭkṓ	οἱ ῐ̔στορῐκοί hoi hĭstorĭkoí
Genitive	τοῦ ῐ̔στορῐκοῦ toû hĭstorĭkoû	τοῖν ῐ̔στορῐκοῖν toîn hĭstorĭkoîn	τῶν ῐ̔στορῐκῶν tôn hĭstorĭkôn
Dative	τῷ ῐ̔στορῐκῷ tōî hĭstorĭkōî	τοῖν ῐ̔στορῐκοῖν toîn hĭstorĭkoîn	τοῖς ῐ̔στορῐκοῖς toîs hĭstorĭkoîs
Accusative	τὸν ῐ̔στορῐκόν tòn hĭstorĭkón	τὼ ῐ̔στορῐκώ tṑ hĭstorĭkṓ	τοὺς ῐ̔στορῐκούς toùs hĭstorĭkoús
Vocative	ῐ̔στορῐκέ hĭstorĭké	ῐ̔στορῐκώ hĭstorĭkṓ	ῐ̔στορῐκοί hĭstorĭkoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Catalan: històric
Latin: historicus
→ English: historic, historical
French: historique
Galician: histórico
Italian: storico
Occitan: istoric
Portuguese: histórico
Romanian: istoric
Spanish: histórico

References

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