δοτικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δο- (do-), short-vowel grade of the root of δίδωμι (dídōmi, “to give”), + -τῐκός (-tikós, verbal adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /do.ti.kós/ → /ðo.tiˈkos/ → /ðo.tiˈkos/

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

Adjective

δοτῐκός • (dotikós) m (feminine δοτῐκή, neuter δοτῐκόν); first/second declension

1. inclined to give, giving freely

Inflection

First and second declension of δοτῐκός; δοτῐκή; δοτῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		δοτῐκός dotikós	δοτῐκή dotikḗ	δοτῐκόν dotikón		δοτῐκώ dotikṓ	δοτῐκᾱ́ dotikā́	δοτῐκώ dotikṓ		δοτῐκοί dotikoí	δοτῐκαί dotikaí	δοτῐκᾰ́ dotiká
Genitive		δοτῐκοῦ dotikoû	δοτῐκῆς dotikês	δοτῐκοῦ dotikoû		δοτῐκοῖν dotikoîn	δοτῐκαῖν dotikaîn	δοτῐκοῖν dotikoîn		δοτῐκῶν dotikôn	δοτῐκῶν dotikôn	δοτῐκῶν dotikôn
Dative		δοτῐκῷ dotikôi	δοτῐκῇ dotikêi	δοτῐκῷ dotikôi		δοτῐκοῖν dotikoîn	δοτῐκαῖν dotikaîn	δοτῐκοῖν dotikoîn		δοτῐκοῖς dotikoîs	δοτῐκαῖς dotikaîs	δοτῐκοῖς dotikoîs
Accusative		δοτῐκόν dotikón	δοτῐκήν dotikḗn	δοτῐκόν dotikón		δοτῐκώ dotikṓ	δοτῐκᾱ́ dotikā́	δοτῐκώ dotikṓ		δοτῐκούς dotikoús	δοτῐκᾱ́ς dotikā́s	δοτῐκᾰ́ dotiká
Vocative		δοτῐκέ dotiké	δοτῐκή dotikḗ	δοτῐκόν dotikón		δοτῐκώ dotikṓ	δοτῐκᾱ́ dotikā́	δοτῐκώ dotikṓ		δοτῐκοί dotikoí	δοτῐκαί dotikaí	δοτῐκᾰ́ dotiká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		δοτῐκῶς dotikôs				δοτῐκώτερος dotikṓteros				δοτῐκώτᾰτος dotikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δοτῐκή (dotikḗ, “the dative case”)

Related terms

• ἀναδοτῐκός (anadotikós)
• ἀνταποδοτῐκός (antapodotikós)
• ἀποδοτῐκός (apodotikós)
• ἐνδοτῐκός (endotikós)
• ἐπιδοτῐκός (epidotikós)
• μεταδοτῐκός (metadotikós)
• προδοτῐκός (prodotikós)
• συνδοτῐκός (sundotikós)

 

References

• “δοτικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δοτικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δοτικός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• δοτικός in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften