ἡγεμονικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἡγεμών (hēgemṓn, “leader, guide”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛː.ɡe.mo.ni.kós/ → /i.ʝe.mo.niˈkos/ → /i.ʝe.mo.niˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛː.ɡe.mo.ni.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e̝.ɡe.mo.niˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.ʝe.mo.niˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.ʝe.mo.niˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.ʝe.mo.niˈkos/

Adjective

ἡγεμονῐκός • (hēgemonikós) m (feminine ἡγεμονῐκή, neuter ἡγεμονῐκόν); first/second declension

1. of or for a leader, ready to lead or guide
2. capable of command, authoritative
3. of or belonging to the prefect of Egypt

Inflection

First and second declension of ἡγεμονῐκός; ἡγεμονῐκή; ἡγεμονῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἡγεμονῐκός hēgemonikós	ἡγεμονῐκή hēgemonikḗ	ἡγεμονῐκόν hēgemonikón		ἡγεμονῐκώ hēgemonikṓ	ἡγεμονῐκᾱ́ hēgemonikā́	ἡγεμονῐκώ hēgemonikṓ		ἡγεμονῐκοί hēgemonikoí	ἡγεμονῐκαί hēgemonikaí	ἡγεμονῐκᾰ́ hēgemoniká
Genitive		ἡγεμονῐκοῦ hēgemonikoû	ἡγεμονῐκῆς hēgemonikês	ἡγεμονῐκοῦ hēgemonikoû		ἡγεμονῐκοῖν hēgemonikoîn	ἡγεμονῐκαῖν hēgemonikaîn	ἡγεμονῐκοῖν hēgemonikoîn		ἡγεμονῐκῶν hēgemonikôn	ἡγεμονῐκῶν hēgemonikôn	ἡγεμονῐκῶν hēgemonikôn
Dative		ἡγεμονῐκῷ hēgemonikôi	ἡγεμονῐκῇ hēgemonikêi	ἡγεμονῐκῷ hēgemonikôi		ἡγεμονῐκοῖν hēgemonikoîn	ἡγεμονῐκαῖν hēgemonikaîn	ἡγεμονῐκοῖν hēgemonikoîn		ἡγεμονῐκοῖς hēgemonikoîs	ἡγεμονῐκαῖς hēgemonikaîs	ἡγεμονῐκοῖς hēgemonikoîs
Accusative		ἡγεμονῐκόν hēgemonikón	ἡγεμονῐκήν hēgemonikḗn	ἡγεμονῐκόν hēgemonikón		ἡγεμονῐκώ hēgemonikṓ	ἡγεμονῐκᾱ́ hēgemonikā́	ἡγεμονῐκώ hēgemonikṓ		ἡγεμονῐκούς hēgemonikoús	ἡγεμονῐκᾱ́ς hēgemonikā́s	ἡγεμονῐκᾰ́ hēgemoniká
Vocative		ἡγεμονῐκέ hēgemoniké	ἡγεμονῐκή hēgemonikḗ	ἡγεμονῐκόν hēgemonikón		ἡγεμονῐκώ hēgemonikṓ	ἡγεμονῐκᾱ́ hēgemonikā́	ἡγεμονῐκώ hēgemonikṓ		ἡγεμονῐκοί hēgemonikoí	ἡγεμονῐκαί hēgemonikaí	ἡγεμονῐκᾰ́ hēgemoniká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἡγεμονῐκῶς hēgemonikôs				ἡγεμονῐκώτερος hēgemonikṓteros				ἡγεμονῐκώτᾰτος hēgemonikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: hegemonic
• → Italian: egemonico

Further reading

• “ἡγεμονικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἡγεμονικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἡγεμονικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette