χρωματικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χρῶμα (khrôma) +‎ -τικός (-tikós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰrɔː.ma.ti.kós/ → /xro.ma.tiˈkos/ → /xro.ma.tiˈkos/

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

Adjective

χρωμᾰτῐκός • (khrōmatikós) m (feminine χρωμᾰτῐκή, neuter χρωμᾰτῐκόν); first/second declension

1. (rhetoric) offering a colourable pretext
2. (music) chromatic

Declension

First and second declension of χρωμᾰτῐκός; χρωμᾰτῐκή; χρωμᾰτῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		χρωμᾰτῐκός khrōmatikós	χρωμᾰτῐκή khrōmatikḗ	χρωμᾰτῐκόν khrōmatikón		χρωμᾰτῐκώ khrōmatikṓ	χρωμᾰτῐκᾱ́ khrōmatikā́	χρωμᾰτῐκώ khrōmatikṓ		χρωμᾰτῐκοί khrōmatikoí	χρωμᾰτῐκαί khrōmatikaí	χρωμᾰτῐκᾰ́ khrōmatiká
Genitive		χρωμᾰτῐκοῦ khrōmatikoû	χρωμᾰτῐκῆς khrōmatikês	χρωμᾰτῐκοῦ khrōmatikoû		χρωμᾰτῐκοῖν khrōmatikoîn	χρωμᾰτῐκαῖν khrōmatikaîn	χρωμᾰτῐκοῖν khrōmatikoîn		χρωμᾰτῐκῶν khrōmatikôn	χρωμᾰτῐκῶν khrōmatikôn	χρωμᾰτῐκῶν khrōmatikôn
Dative		χρωμᾰτῐκῷ khrōmatikôi	χρωμᾰτῐκῇ khrōmatikêi	χρωμᾰτῐκῷ khrōmatikôi		χρωμᾰτῐκοῖν khrōmatikoîn	χρωμᾰτῐκαῖν khrōmatikaîn	χρωμᾰτῐκοῖν khrōmatikoîn		χρωμᾰτῐκοῖς khrōmatikoîs	χρωμᾰτῐκαῖς khrōmatikaîs	χρωμᾰτῐκοῖς khrōmatikoîs
Accusative		χρωμᾰτῐκόν khrōmatikón	χρωμᾰτῐκήν khrōmatikḗn	χρωμᾰτῐκόν khrōmatikón		χρωμᾰτῐκώ khrōmatikṓ	χρωμᾰτῐκᾱ́ khrōmatikā́	χρωμᾰτῐκώ khrōmatikṓ		χρωμᾰτῐκούς khrōmatikoús	χρωμᾰτῐκᾱ́ς khrōmatikā́s	χρωμᾰτῐκᾰ́ khrōmatiká
Vocative		χρωμᾰτῐκέ khrōmatiké	χρωμᾰτῐκή khrōmatikḗ	χρωμᾰτῐκόν khrōmatikón		χρωμᾰτῐκώ khrōmatikṓ	χρωμᾰτῐκᾱ́ khrōmatikā́	χρωμᾰτῐκώ khrōmatikṓ		χρωμᾰτῐκοί khrōmatikoí	χρωμᾰτῐκαί khrōmatikaí	χρωμᾰτῐκᾰ́ khrōmatiká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		χρωμᾰτῐκῶς khrōmatikôs				χρωμᾰτῐκώτερος khrōmatikṓteros				χρωμᾰτῐκώτᾰτος khrōmatikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Descendants of χρωματικός

• → Catalan: cromàtic
• → English: chromatic
• → French: chromatique
• → German: chromatisch
• → Italian: cromatico
• → Norwegian Bokmål: kromatisk
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: kromatisk
• → Portuguese: cromático
• → Spanish: cromático
• → Swedish: kromatisk

Further reading

• χρωματικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “χρωματικός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “χρωματικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press