πίθηκος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πῐ́θᾱκος (pĭ́thākos) — Doric
• πῐ́θηξ (pĭ́thēx)

Etymology

Uncertain. Commonly connected with Latin foedus (“ugly”). Beekes argues for an origin as a substrate loan-word or perhaps Pre-Greek. The same suffix can be found in ἱέραξ (hiérax, “falcon”) and μύρμηξ (múrmēx, “ant”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pí.tʰɛː.kos/ → /ˈpi.θi.kos/ → /ˈpi.θi.kos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pí.tʰɛː.kos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.tʰe̝.kos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.θi.kos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.θi.kos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.θi.kos/

Noun

πῐ́θηκος • (pĭ́thēkos) m (genitive πῐθήκου); second declension

1. ape, monkey
2. trickster, jackanapes
3. dwarf

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ πῐ́θηκος; τοῦ πῐθήκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πῐ́θηκος ho pĭ́thēkos	τὼ πῐθήκω tṑ pĭthḗkō	οἱ πῐ́θηκοι hoi pĭ́thēkoi
Genitive	τοῦ πῐθήκου toû pĭthḗkou	τοῖν πῐθήκοιν toîn pĭthḗkoin	τῶν πῐθήκων tôn pĭthḗkōn
Dative	τῷ πῐθήκῳ tôi pĭthḗkōi	τοῖν πῐθήκοιν toîn pĭthḗkoin	τοῖς πῐθήκοις toîs pĭthḗkois
Accusative	τὸν πῐ́θηκον tòn pĭ́thēkon	τὼ πῐθήκω tṑ pĭthḗkō	τοὺς πῐθήκους toùs pĭthḗkous
Vocative	πῐ́θηκε pĭ́thēke	πῐθήκω pĭthḗkō	πῐ́θηκοι pĭ́thēkoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δημοπῐ́θηκος (dēmopĭ́thēkos)
• κερκοπῐ́θηκος (kerkopĭ́thēkos)
• πῐθήκειος (pĭthḗkeios)
• πῐθήκη (pĭthḗkē)
• πῐθηκῐδεύς (pĭthēkĭdeús)
• πῐθηκῐ́ζω (pĭthēkĭ́zō)
• πῐθήκῐον (pĭthḗkĭon)
• πῐθηκῐσμός (pĭthēkĭsmós)
• πῐθηκοειδής (pĭthēkoeidḗs)
• πῐθηκόμορφος (pĭthēkómorphos)
• πῐθηκοφᾰγέω (pĭthēkophăgéō)
• πῐθηκοφόρος (pĭthēkophóros)
• πῐθηκώδης (pĭthēkṓdēs)
• τρῐπῐθήκῐνος (trĭpĭthḗkĭnos)
• χοιροπῐ́θηκος (khoiropĭ́thēkos)

Descendants

• Greek: πίθηκος (píthikos)
• → English: pitheco-
• → Latin: pithēcus
• → Russian: пите́к (piték), -пите́к (-piték)
• → Translingual: Pithecus, -pithecus
• → Sicilian: pitecu, pitichinu

References

• “πίθηκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πίθηκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πίθηκος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • ape idem, page 33.
  • baboon idem, page 57.
  • monkey idem, page 539.
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πίθηκος (píthēkos).

Noun

πίθηκος • (píthikos) m (plural πίθηκοι)

1. ape, monkey
2. an uncivilised person

Declension

Declension of πίθηκος

	singular	plural
nominative	πίθηκος (píthikos)	πίθηκοι (píthikoi)
genitive	πίθηκου (píthikou) πιθήκου (pithíkou)	πίθηκων (píthikon) πιθήκων (pithíkon)
accusative	πίθηκο (píthiko)	πίθηκους (píthikous) πιθήκους (pithíkous)
vocative	πίθηκε (píthike)	πίθηκοι (píthikoi)

Second forms are formal. 

Further reading

• πίθηκος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el