ὀφθαλμικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀφθᾰλμός (ophthalmós, “eye”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ikós, “-ic”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /opʰ.tʰal.mi.kós/ → /oɸ.θal.miˈkos/ → /of.θal.miˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /opʰ.tʰal.mi.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /opʰ.tʰal.miˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /oɸ.θal.miˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /of.θal.miˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /of.θal.miˈkos/

Adjective

ὀφθαλμικός • (ophthalmikós) m (feminine ὀφθᾰλμῐκή, neuter ὀφθᾰλμῐκόν); first/second declension

1. of or for the eye; ophthalmic

Inflection

First and second declension of ὀφθᾰλμῐκός; ὀφθᾰλμῐκή; ὀφθᾰλμῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὀφθᾰλμῐκός ophthalmikós	ὀφθᾰλμῐκή ophthalmikḗ	ὀφθᾰλμῐκόν ophthalmikón		ὀφθᾰλμῐκώ ophthalmikṓ	ὀφθᾰλμῐκᾱ́ ophthalmikā́	ὀφθᾰλμῐκώ ophthalmikṓ		ὀφθᾰλμῐκοί ophthalmikoí	ὀφθᾰλμῐκαί ophthalmikaí	ὀφθᾰλμῐκᾰ́ ophthalmiká
Genitive		ὀφθᾰλμῐκοῦ ophthalmikoû	ὀφθᾰλμῐκῆς ophthalmikês	ὀφθᾰλμῐκοῦ ophthalmikoû		ὀφθᾰλμῐκοῖν ophthalmikoîn	ὀφθᾰλμῐκαῖν ophthalmikaîn	ὀφθᾰλμῐκοῖν ophthalmikoîn		ὀφθᾰλμῐκῶν ophthalmikôn	ὀφθᾰλμῐκῶν ophthalmikôn	ὀφθᾰλμῐκῶν ophthalmikôn
Dative		ὀφθᾰλμῐκῷ ophthalmikôi	ὀφθᾰλμῐκῇ ophthalmikêi	ὀφθᾰλμῐκῷ ophthalmikôi		ὀφθᾰλμῐκοῖν ophthalmikoîn	ὀφθᾰλμῐκαῖν ophthalmikaîn	ὀφθᾰλμῐκοῖν ophthalmikoîn		ὀφθᾰλμῐκοῖς ophthalmikoîs	ὀφθᾰλμῐκαῖς ophthalmikaîs	ὀφθᾰλμῐκοῖς ophthalmikoîs
Accusative		ὀφθᾰλμῐκόν ophthalmikón	ὀφθᾰλμῐκήν ophthalmikḗn	ὀφθᾰλμῐκόν ophthalmikón		ὀφθᾰλμῐκώ ophthalmikṓ	ὀφθᾰλμῐκᾱ́ ophthalmikā́	ὀφθᾰλμῐκώ ophthalmikṓ		ὀφθᾰλμῐκούς ophthalmikoús	ὀφθᾰλμῐκᾱ́ς ophthalmikā́s	ὀφθᾰλμῐκᾰ́ ophthalmiká
Vocative		ὀφθᾰλμῐκέ ophthalmiké	ὀφθᾰλμῐκή ophthalmikḗ	ὀφθᾰλμῐκόν ophthalmikón		ὀφθᾰλμῐκώ ophthalmikṓ	ὀφθᾰλμῐκᾱ́ ophthalmikā́	ὀφθᾰλμῐκώ ophthalmikṓ		ὀφθᾰλμῐκοί ophthalmikoí	ὀφθᾰλμῐκαί ophthalmikaí	ὀφθᾰλμῐκᾰ́ ophthalmiká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ὀφθᾰλμῐκῶς ophthalmikôs				ὀφθᾰλμῐκώτερος ophthalmikṓteros				ὀφθᾰλμῐκώτᾰτος ophthalmikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: ophthalmicus
  • → English: ophthalmic

Noun

ὀφθᾰλμῐκός • (ophthalmikós) m (genitive ὀφθᾰλμῐκοῦ); second declension

1. (surgery) ophthalmic surgeon

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ὀφθᾰλμῐκός; τοῦ ὀφθᾰλμῐκοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὀφθᾰλμῐκός ho ophthalmikós	τὼ ὀφθᾰλμῐκώ tṑ ophthalmikṓ	οἱ ὀφθᾰλμῐκοί hoi ophthalmikoí
Genitive	τοῦ ὀφθᾰλμῐκοῦ toû ophthalmikoû	τοῖν ὀφθᾰλμῐκοῖν toîn ophthalmikoîn	τῶν ὀφθᾰλμῐκῶν tôn ophthalmikôn
Dative	τῷ ὀφθᾰλμῐκῷ tôi ophthalmikôi	τοῖν ὀφθᾰλμῐκοῖν toîn ophthalmikoîn	τοῖς ὀφθᾰλμῐκοῖς toîs ophthalmikoîs
Accusative	τὸν ὀφθᾰλμῐκόν tòn ophthalmikón	τὼ ὀφθᾰλμῐκώ tṑ ophthalmikṓ	τοὺς ὀφθᾰλμῐκούς toùs ophthalmikoús
Vocative	ὀφθᾰλμῐκέ ophthalmiké	ὀφθᾰλμῐκώ ophthalmikṓ	ὀφθᾰλμῐκοί ophthalmikoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: ophthalmicus

References

• “ὀφθαλμικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press