ὀφθαλμικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀφθᾰλμός (ophthălmós, “eye”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ĭkós, “-ic”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /opʰ.tʰal.mi.kós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /opʰ.tʰal.miˈkos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oɸ.θal.miˈkos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /of.θal.miˈkos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /of.θal.miˈkos/

Adjective

ὀφθαλμικός • (ophthalmikós) m (feminine ὀφθᾰλμῐκή, neuter ὀφθᾰλμῐκόν); first/second declension

of or for the eye; ophthalmic

Inflection

First and second declension of ὀφθᾰλμῐκός; ὀφθᾰλμῐκή; ὀφθᾰλμῐκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ὀφθᾰλμῐκός ophthălmĭkós	ὀφθᾰλμῐκή ophthălmĭkḗ	ὀφθᾰλμῐκόν ophthălmĭkón	ὀφθᾰλμῐκώ ophthălmĭkṓ	ὀφθᾰλμῐκᾱ́ ophthălmĭkā́	ὀφθᾰλμῐκώ ophthălmĭkṓ	ὀφθᾰλμῐκοί ophthălmĭkoí	ὀφθᾰλμῐκαί ophthălmĭkaí	ὀφθᾰλμῐκᾰ́ ophthălmĭkắ
Genitive	ὀφθᾰλμῐκοῦ ophthălmĭkoû	ὀφθᾰλμῐκῆς ophthălmĭkês	ὀφθᾰλμῐκοῦ ophthălmĭkoû	ὀφθᾰλμῐκοῖν ophthălmĭkoîn	ὀφθᾰλμῐκαῖν ophthălmĭkaîn	ὀφθᾰλμῐκοῖν ophthălmĭkoîn	ὀφθᾰλμῐκῶν ophthălmĭkôn	ὀφθᾰλμῐκῶν ophthălmĭkôn	ὀφθᾰλμῐκῶν ophthălmĭkôn
Dative	ὀφθᾰλμῐκῷ ophthălmĭkōî	ὀφθᾰλμῐκῇ ophthălmĭkēî	ὀφθᾰλμῐκῷ ophthălmĭkōî	ὀφθᾰλμῐκοῖν ophthălmĭkoîn	ὀφθᾰλμῐκαῖν ophthălmĭkaîn	ὀφθᾰλμῐκοῖν ophthălmĭkoîn	ὀφθᾰλμῐκοῖς ophthălmĭkoîs	ὀφθᾰλμῐκαῖς ophthălmĭkaîs	ὀφθᾰλμῐκοῖς ophthălmĭkoîs
Accusative	ὀφθᾰλμῐκόν ophthălmĭkón	ὀφθᾰλμῐκήν ophthălmĭkḗn	ὀφθᾰλμῐκόν ophthălmĭkón	ὀφθᾰλμῐκώ ophthălmĭkṓ	ὀφθᾰλμῐκᾱ́ ophthălmĭkā́	ὀφθᾰλμῐκώ ophthălmĭkṓ	ὀφθᾰλμῐκούς ophthălmĭkoús	ὀφθᾰλμῐκᾱ́ς ophthălmĭkā́s	ὀφθᾰλμῐκᾰ́ ophthălmĭkắ
Vocative	ὀφθᾰλμῐκέ ophthălmĭké	ὀφθᾰλμῐκή ophthălmĭkḗ	ὀφθᾰλμῐκόν ophthălmĭkón	ὀφθᾰλμῐκώ ophthălmĭkṓ	ὀφθᾰλμῐκᾱ́ ophthălmĭkā́	ὀφθᾰλμῐκώ ophthălmĭkṓ	ὀφθᾰλμῐκοί ophthălmĭkoí	ὀφθᾰλμῐκαί ophthălmĭkaí	ὀφθᾰλμῐκᾰ́ ophthălmĭkắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ὀφθᾰλμῐκῶς ophthălmĭkôs			ὀφθᾰλμῐκώτερος ophthălmĭkṓteros			ὀφθᾰλμῐκώτᾰτος ophthălmĭkṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Latin: ophthalmicus
- → English: ophthalmic

Noun

ὀφθᾰλμῐκός • (ophthălmĭkós) m (genitive ὀφθᾰλμῐκοῦ); second declension

(surgery) ophthalmic surgeon

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ὀφθᾰλμῐκός; τοῦ ὀφθᾰλμῐκοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὀφθᾰλμῐκός ho ophthălmĭkós	τὼ ὀφθᾰλμῐκώ tṑ ophthălmĭkṓ	οἱ ὀφθᾰλμῐκοί hoi ophthălmĭkoí
Genitive	τοῦ ὀφθᾰλμῐκοῦ toû ophthălmĭkoû	τοῖν ὀφθᾰλμῐκοῖν toîn ophthălmĭkoîn	τῶν ὀφθᾰλμῐκῶν tôn ophthălmĭkôn
Dative	τῷ ὀφθᾰλμῐκῷ tōî ophthălmĭkōî	τοῖν ὀφθᾰλμῐκοῖν toîn ophthălmĭkoîn	τοῖς ὀφθᾰλμῐκοῖς toîs ophthălmĭkoîs
Accusative	τὸν ὀφθᾰλμῐκόν tòn ophthălmĭkón	τὼ ὀφθᾰλμῐκώ tṑ ophthălmĭkṓ	τοὺς ὀφθᾰλμῐκούς toùs ophthălmĭkoús
Vocative	ὀφθᾰλμῐκέ ophthălmĭké	ὀφθᾰλμῐκώ ophthălmĭkṓ	ὀφθᾰλμῐκοί ophthălmĭkoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Latin: ophthalmicus

References

“ὀφθαλμικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press