δοτική

See also: δοτικῇ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δοτῐκός (dotĭkós): as a noun, a substantivisation of its feminine forms in elliptical use for ἡ δοτικὴ πτῶσις (hē dotikḕ ptôsis, “the grammatical case pertaining to giving”); as an adjective, regularly declined forms.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /do.ti.kɛ̌ː/ → /ðo.tiˈci/ → /ðo.tiˈci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /do.ti.kɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /do.tiˈke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðo.tiˈci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðo.tiˈci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðo.tiˈci/

Noun

δοτῐκή • (dotĭkḗ) f (genitive δοτῐκῆς); first declension

1. (grammar) the dative case
   • Stoic. 2.59
   • 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 14.1.41
   • 170 BCE – 90 BCE, Dionysius Thrax, Art of Grammar 636.4
   • 50 CE – 250 CE, Apollonius Dyscolus, On Syntax 28.23

Declension

First declension of ἡ δοτῐκή; τῆς δοτῐκῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δοτῐκή hē dotĭkḗ	τὼ δοτῐκᾱ́ tṑ dotĭkā́	αἱ δοτῐκαί hai dotĭkaí
Genitive	τῆς δοτῐκῆς tês dotĭkês	τοῖν δοτῐκαῖν toîn dotĭkaîn	τῶν δοτῐκῶν tôn dotĭkôn
Dative	τῇ δοτῐκῇ têi dotĭkêi	τοῖν δοτῐκαῖν toîn dotĭkaîn	ταῖς δοτῐκαῖς taîs dotĭkaîs
Accusative	τὴν δοτῐκήν tḕn dotĭkḗn	τὼ δοτῐκᾱ́ tṑ dotĭkā́	τᾱ̀ς δοτῐκᾱ́ς tā̀s dotĭkā́s
Vocative	δοτῐκή dotĭkḗ	δοτῐκᾱ́ dotĭkā́	δοτῐκαί dotĭkaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δοτῐκοφᾰνής (dotĭkophănḗs) (Byzantine Greek)

Descendants

• Greek: δοτική (dotikí)
• Latin: datīvus (calque)

Adjective

δοτῐκή • (dotĭkḗ)

1. nominative singular feminine of δοτῐκός (dotĭkós)
2. vocative singular feminine of δοτῐκός (dotĭkós)

References

• “δοτικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δοτικός 3 in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)

Greek

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek δοτῐκή (dotĭkḗ, “the dative case”).

Noun

δοτική • (dotikí) f (plural δοτικές)

1. (grammar, linguistics) dative (case)

Declension

Declension of δοτική

	singular	plural
nominative	δοτική (dotikí)	δοτικές (dotikés)
genitive	δοτικής (dotikís)	δοτικών (dotikón)
accusative	δοτική (dotikí)	δοτικές (dotikés)
vocative	δοτική (dotikí)	δοτικές (dotikés)

See also

• see: πτώση f (ptósi, “case”)

Further reading

• δοτική on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el