ἱστορικός

See also: ιστορικός

Ancient Greek

Ὁ ἱστορικὸς Θουκυδίδης καλούμενος. (Ho historikòs Thoukudídēs kaloúmenos.)

Etymology

From ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ (historíā, “inquiry”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /his.to.ri.kós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)is.to.riˈkos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /is.to.riˈkos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /is.to.riˈkos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /is.to.riˈkos/

Adjective

ῐ̔στορῐκός • (historikós) m (feminine ῐ̔στορῐκή, neuter ῐ̔στορῐκόν); first/second declension

exact, precise, scientific
belonging or pertaining to history, historical

Inflection

First and second declension of ῐ̔στορῐκός; ῐ̔στορῐκή; ῐ̔στορῐκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ῐ̔στορῐκός historikós	ῐ̔στορῐκή historikḗ	ῐ̔στορῐκόν historikón	ῐ̔στορῐκώ historikṓ	ῐ̔στορῐκᾱ́ historikā́	ῐ̔στορῐκώ historikṓ	ῐ̔στορῐκοί historikoí	ῐ̔στορῐκαί historikaí	ῐ̔στορῐκᾰ́ historiká
Genitive	ῐ̔στορῐκοῦ historikoû	ῐ̔στορῐκῆς historikês	ῐ̔στορῐκοῦ historikoû	ῐ̔στορῐκοῖν historikoîn	ῐ̔στορῐκαῖν historikaîn	ῐ̔στορῐκοῖν historikoîn	ῐ̔στορῐκῶν historikôn	ῐ̔στορῐκῶν historikôn	ῐ̔στορῐκῶν historikôn
Dative	ῐ̔στορῐκῷ historikôi	ῐ̔στορῐκῇ historikêi	ῐ̔στορῐκῷ historikôi	ῐ̔στορῐκοῖν historikoîn	ῐ̔στορῐκαῖν historikaîn	ῐ̔στορῐκοῖν historikoîn	ῐ̔στορῐκοῖς historikoîs	ῐ̔στορῐκαῖς historikaîs	ῐ̔στορῐκοῖς historikoîs
Accusative	ῐ̔στορῐκόν historikón	ῐ̔στορῐκήν historikḗn	ῐ̔στορῐκόν historikón	ῐ̔στορῐκώ historikṓ	ῐ̔στορῐκᾱ́ historikā́	ῐ̔στορῐκώ historikṓ	ῐ̔στορῐκούς historikoús	ῐ̔στορῐκᾱ́ς historikā́s	ῐ̔στορῐκᾰ́ historiká
Vocative	ῐ̔στορῐκέ historiké	ῐ̔στορῐκή historikḗ	ῐ̔στορῐκόν historikón	ῐ̔στορῐκώ historikṓ	ῐ̔στορῐκᾱ́ historikā́	ῐ̔στορῐκώ historikṓ	ῐ̔στορῐκοί historikoí	ῐ̔στορῐκαί historikaí	ῐ̔στορῐκᾰ́ historiká
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ῐ̔στορῐκῶς historikôs			ῐ̔στορῐκώτερος historikṓteros			ῐ̔στορῐκώτᾰτος historikṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

ῐ̔στορῐκός • (historikós) m (genitive ῐ̔στορῐκοῦ); second declension

historian

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ῐ̔στορῐκός; τοῦ ῐ̔στορῐκοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ῐ̔στορῐκός ho historikós	τὼ ῐ̔στορῐκώ tṑ historikṓ	οἱ ῐ̔στορῐκοί hoi historikoí
Genitive	τοῦ ῐ̔στορῐκοῦ toû historikoû	τοῖν ῐ̔στορῐκοῖν toîn historikoîn	τῶν ῐ̔στορῐκῶν tôn historikôn
Dative	τῷ ῐ̔στορῐκῷ tôi historikôi	τοῖν ῐ̔στορῐκοῖν toîn historikoîn	τοῖς ῐ̔στορῐκοῖς toîs historikoîs
Accusative	τὸν ῐ̔στορῐκόν tòn historikón	τὼ ῐ̔στορῐκώ tṑ historikṓ	τοὺς ῐ̔στορῐκούς toùs historikoús
Vocative	ῐ̔στορῐκέ historiké	ῐ̔στορῐκώ historikṓ	ῐ̔στορῐκοί historikoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Catalan: històric
Latin: historicus
→ English: historic, historical
French: historique
Galician: histórico
Italian: storico
Occitan: istoric
Portuguese: histórico
Romanian: istoric
Spanish: histórico

References

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