ἀγγελικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aŋ.ɡe.li.kós/ → /aɲ.ɟe.liˈkos/ → /aɲ.ɟe.liˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /aŋ.ɡe.li.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aŋ.ɡe.liˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aɲ.ɟe.liˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aɲ.ɟe.liˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aɲ.ɟe.liˈkos/

Adjective

ἀγγελῐκός • (angelikós) m (feminine ἀγγελῐκή, neuter ἀγγελῐκόν); first/second declension

1. of or for a messenger
2. conveying information
3. angelic

Inflection

First and second declension of ἀγγελῐκός; ἀγγελῐκή; ἀγγελῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀγγελῐκός angelikós	ἀγγελῐκή angelikḗ	ἀγγελῐκόν angelikón		ἀγγελῐκώ angelikṓ	ἀγγελῐκᾱ́ angelikā́	ἀγγελῐκώ angelikṓ		ἀγγελῐκοί angelikoí	ἀγγελῐκαί angelikaí	ἀγγελῐκᾰ́ angeliká
Genitive		ἀγγελῐκοῦ angelikoû	ἀγγελῐκῆς angelikês	ἀγγελῐκοῦ angelikoû		ἀγγελῐκοῖν angelikoîn	ἀγγελῐκαῖν angelikaîn	ἀγγελῐκοῖν angelikoîn		ἀγγελῐκῶν angelikôn	ἀγγελῐκῶν angelikôn	ἀγγελῐκῶν angelikôn
Dative		ἀγγελῐκῷ angelikôi	ἀγγελῐκῇ angelikêi	ἀγγελῐκῷ angelikôi		ἀγγελῐκοῖν angelikoîn	ἀγγελῐκαῖν angelikaîn	ἀγγελῐκοῖν angelikoîn		ἀγγελῐκοῖς angelikoîs	ἀγγελῐκαῖς angelikaîs	ἀγγελῐκοῖς angelikoîs
Accusative		ἀγγελῐκόν angelikón	ἀγγελῐκήν angelikḗn	ἀγγελῐκόν angelikón		ἀγγελῐκώ angelikṓ	ἀγγελῐκᾱ́ angelikā́	ἀγγελῐκώ angelikṓ		ἀγγελῐκούς angelikoús	ἀγγελῐκᾱ́ς angelikā́s	ἀγγελῐκᾰ́ angeliká
Vocative		ἀγγελῐκέ angeliké	ἀγγελῐκή angelikḗ	ἀγγελῐκόν angelikón		ἀγγελῐκώ angelikṓ	ἀγγελῐκᾱ́ angelikā́	ἀγγελῐκώ angelikṓ		ἀγγελῐκοί angelikoí	ἀγγελῐκαί angelikaí	ἀγγελῐκᾰ́ angeliká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἀγγελῐκῶς angelikôs				ἀγγελῐκώτερος angelikṓteros				ἀγγελῐκώτᾰτος angelikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: angelicus (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “ἀγγελικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀγγελικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette