αὐθεντικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From αὐθέντης (authéntēs) +‎ -ικός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /au̯.tʰen.ti.kós/ → /aɸ.θen.tiˈkos/ → /af.θen.diˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /au̯.tʰen.ti.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aʍ.tʰen.tiˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aɸ.θen.tiˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /af.θen.tiˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /af.θen.diˈkos/

Adjective

αὐθεντῐκός • (authentikós) m (feminine αὐθεντῐκή, neuter αὐθεντῐκόν); first/second declension

1. warranted, authentic, authoritative

Declension

First and second declension of αὐθεντῐκός; αὐθεντῐκή; αὐθεντῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		αὐθεντῐκός authentikós	αὐθεντῐκή authentikḗ	αὐθεντῐκόν authentikón		αὐθεντῐκώ authentikṓ	αὐθεντῐκᾱ́ authentikā́	αὐθεντῐκώ authentikṓ		αὐθεντῐκοί authentikoí	αὐθεντῐκαί authentikaí	αὐθεντῐκᾰ́ authentiká
Genitive		αὐθεντῐκοῦ authentikoû	αὐθεντῐκῆς authentikês	αὐθεντῐκοῦ authentikoû		αὐθεντῐκοῖν authentikoîn	αὐθεντῐκαῖν authentikaîn	αὐθεντῐκοῖν authentikoîn		αὐθεντῐκῶν authentikôn	αὐθεντῐκῶν authentikôn	αὐθεντῐκῶν authentikôn
Dative		αὐθεντῐκῷ authentikôi	αὐθεντῐκῇ authentikêi	αὐθεντῐκῷ authentikôi		αὐθεντῐκοῖν authentikoîn	αὐθεντῐκαῖν authentikaîn	αὐθεντῐκοῖν authentikoîn		αὐθεντῐκοῖς authentikoîs	αὐθεντῐκαῖς authentikaîs	αὐθεντῐκοῖς authentikoîs
Accusative		αὐθεντῐκόν authentikón	αὐθεντῐκήν authentikḗn	αὐθεντῐκόν authentikón		αὐθεντῐκώ authentikṓ	αὐθεντῐκᾱ́ authentikā́	αὐθεντῐκώ authentikṓ		αὐθεντῐκούς authentikoús	αὐθεντῐκᾱ́ς authentikā́s	αὐθεντῐκᾰ́ authentiká
Vocative		αὐθεντῐκέ authentiké	αὐθεντῐκή authentikḗ	αὐθεντῐκόν authentikón		αὐθεντῐκώ authentikṓ	αὐθεντῐκᾱ́ authentikā́	αὐθεντῐκώ authentikṓ		αὐθεντῐκοί authentikoí	αὐθεντῐκαί authentikaí	αὐθεντῐκᾰ́ authentiká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		αὐθεντῐκῶς authentikôs				αὐθεντῐκώτερος authentikṓteros				αὐθεντῐκώτᾰτος authentikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: αυθεντικός (afthentikós)
• → Latin: authenticus (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• αὐθεντικός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “αὐθεντικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “αὐθεντικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• αὐθεντικός 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.