κλινικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κλίνη (klínē, “bed”) +‎ -ικός (-ikós), from κλίνω (klínō, “to lean, incline”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kliː.ni.kós/ → /kli.niˈkos/ → /kli.niˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kliː.ni.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kli.niˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kli.niˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kli.niˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kli.niˈkos/

Adjective

κλῑνῐκός • (klīnikós) m (feminine κλῑνῐκή, neuter κλῑνῐκόν); first/second declension

1. of or pertaining to a bed
2. (by extension) bedridden

Declension

First and second declension of κλῑνῐκός; κλῑνῐκή; κλῑνῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		κλῑνῐκός klīnikós	κλῑνῐκή klīnikḗ	κλῑνῐκόν klīnikón		κλῑνῐκώ klīnikṓ	κλῑνῐκᾱ́ klīnikā́	κλῑνῐκώ klīnikṓ		κλῑνῐκοί klīnikoí	κλῑνῐκαί klīnikaí	κλῑνῐκᾰ́ klīniká
Genitive		κλῑνῐκοῦ klīnikoû	κλῑνῐκῆς klīnikês	κλῑνῐκοῦ klīnikoû		κλῑνῐκοῖν klīnikoîn	κλῑνῐκαῖν klīnikaîn	κλῑνῐκοῖν klīnikoîn		κλῑνῐκῶν klīnikôn	κλῑνῐκῶν klīnikôn	κλῑνῐκῶν klīnikôn
Dative		κλῑνῐκῷ klīnikôi	κλῑνῐκῇ klīnikêi	κλῑνῐκῷ klīnikôi		κλῑνῐκοῖν klīnikoîn	κλῑνῐκαῖν klīnikaîn	κλῑνῐκοῖν klīnikoîn		κλῑνῐκοῖς klīnikoîs	κλῑνῐκαῖς klīnikaîs	κλῑνῐκοῖς klīnikoîs
Accusative		κλῑνῐκόν klīnikón	κλῑνῐκήν klīnikḗn	κλῑνῐκόν klīnikón		κλῑνῐκώ klīnikṓ	κλῑνῐκᾱ́ klīnikā́	κλῑνῐκώ klīnikṓ		κλῑνῐκούς klīnikoús	κλῑνῐκᾱ́ς klīnikā́s	κλῑνῐκᾰ́ klīniká
Vocative		κλῑνῐκέ klīniké	κλῑνῐκή klīnikḗ	κλῑνῐκόν klīnikón		κλῑνῐκώ klīnikṓ	κλῑνῐκᾱ́ klīnikā́	κλῑνῐκώ klīnikṓ		κλῑνῐκοί klīnikoí	κλῑνῐκαί klīnikaí	κλῑνῐκᾰ́ klīniká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		κλῑνῐκῶς klīnikôs				κλῑνῐκώτερος klīnikṓteros				κλῑνῐκώτᾰτος klīnikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

κλῑνῐκός • (klīnikós) m (genitive κλῑνῐκοῦ); second declension

1. a physician (who tends to a bedridden patient)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ κλῑνῐκός; τοῦ κλῑνῐκοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κλῑνῐκός ho klīnikós	τὼ κλῑνῐκώ tṑ klīnikṓ	οἱ κλῑνῐκοί hoi klīnikoí
Genitive	τοῦ κλῑνῐκοῦ toû klīnikoû	τοῖν κλῑνῐκοῖν toîn klīnikoîn	τῶν κλῑνῐκῶν tôn klīnikôn
Dative	τῷ κλῑνῐκῷ tôi klīnikôi	τοῖν κλῑνῐκοῖν toîn klīnikoîn	τοῖς κλῑνῐκοῖς toîs klīnikoîs
Accusative	τὸν κλῑνῐκόν tòn klīnikón	τὼ κλῑνῐκώ tṑ klīnikṓ	τοὺς κλῑνῐκούς toùs klīnikoús
Vocative	κλῑνῐκέ klīniké	κλῑνῐκώ klīnikṓ	κλῑνῐκοί klīnikoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κλινική (klinikḗ)

Descendants

• → Latin: clīnicus
  • → German: Klinik
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: klinikk

Further reading

• “κλινικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “clinic”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.