ὀπτικός

See also: οπτικός

Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

From ὀπτός (optós, “visible”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ikós, “-ic”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation edit

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

Adjective edit

ὀπτῐκός • (optikós) m (feminine ὀπτῐκή, neuter ὀπτῐκόν); first/second declension

optic, optical, visual

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Inflection edit

First and second declension of ὀπτῐκός; ὀπτῐκή; ὀπτῐκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ὀπτῐκός optikós	ὀπτῐκή optikḗ	ὀπτῐκόν optikón	ὀπτῐκώ optikṓ	ὀπτῐκᾱ́ optikā́	ὀπτῐκώ optikṓ	ὀπτῐκοί optikoí	ὀπτῐκαί optikaí	ὀπτῐκᾰ́ optiká
Genitive	ὀπτῐκοῦ optikoû	ὀπτῐκῆς optikês	ὀπτῐκοῦ optikoû	ὀπτῐκοῖν optikoîn	ὀπτῐκαῖν optikaîn	ὀπτῐκοῖν optikoîn	ὀπτῐκῶν optikôn	ὀπτῐκῶν optikôn	ὀπτῐκῶν optikôn
Dative	ὀπτῐκῷ optikôi	ὀπτῐκῇ optikêi	ὀπτῐκῷ optikôi	ὀπτῐκοῖν optikoîn	ὀπτῐκαῖν optikaîn	ὀπτῐκοῖν optikoîn	ὀπτῐκοῖς optikoîs	ὀπτῐκαῖς optikaîs	ὀπτῐκοῖς optikoîs
Accusative	ὀπτῐκόν optikón	ὀπτῐκήν optikḗn	ὀπτῐκόν optikón	ὀπτῐκώ optikṓ	ὀπτῐκᾱ́ optikā́	ὀπτῐκώ optikṓ	ὀπτῐκούς optikoús	ὀπτῐκᾱ́ς optikā́s	ὀπτῐκᾰ́ optiká
Vocative	ὀπτῐκέ optiké	ὀπτῐκή optikḗ	ὀπτῐκόν optikón	ὀπτῐκώ optikṓ	ὀπτῐκᾱ́ optikā́	ὀπτῐκώ optikṓ	ὀπτῐκοί optikoí	ὀπτῐκαί optikaí	ὀπτῐκᾰ́ optiká
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ὀπτῐκῶς optikôs			ὀπτῐκώτερος optikṓteros			ὀπτῐκώτᾰτος optikṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms edit

ὄψῐς (ópsis)
ὤψ (ṓps)

Descendants edit

→ Latin: opticus (see there for further descendants)

References edit

“ὀπτικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ὀπτικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ὀπτικός 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
“optic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.