ἀκουστικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀκούω (akoúō, “to hear”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.kuːs.ti.kós/ → /a.kus.tiˈkos/ → /a.kus.tiˈkos/

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

Adjective

ᾰ̓κουστῐκός • (akoustikós) m (feminine ᾰ̓κουστῐκή, neuter ᾰ̓κουστῐκόν); first/second declension

1. of or for hearing

Inflection

First and second declension of ᾰ̓κουστῐκός; ᾰ̓κουστῐκή; ᾰ̓κουστῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓κουστῐκός akoustikós	ᾰ̓κουστῐκή akoustikḗ	ᾰ̓κουστῐκόν akoustikón		ᾰ̓κουστῐκώ akoustikṓ	ᾰ̓κουστῐκᾱ́ akoustikā́	ᾰ̓κουστῐκώ akoustikṓ		ᾰ̓κουστῐκοί akoustikoí	ᾰ̓κουστῐκαί akoustikaí	ᾰ̓κουστῐκᾰ́ akoustiká
Genitive		ᾰ̓κουστῐκοῦ akoustikoû	ᾰ̓κουστῐκῆς akoustikês	ᾰ̓κουστῐκοῦ akoustikoû		ᾰ̓κουστῐκοῖν akoustikoîn	ᾰ̓κουστῐκαῖν akoustikaîn	ᾰ̓κουστῐκοῖν akoustikoîn		ᾰ̓κουστῐκῶν akoustikôn	ᾰ̓κουστῐκῶν akoustikôn	ᾰ̓κουστῐκῶν akoustikôn
Dative		ᾰ̓κουστῐκῷ akoustikôi	ᾰ̓κουστῐκῇ akoustikêi	ᾰ̓κουστῐκῷ akoustikôi		ᾰ̓κουστῐκοῖν akoustikoîn	ᾰ̓κουστῐκαῖν akoustikaîn	ᾰ̓κουστῐκοῖν akoustikoîn		ᾰ̓κουστῐκοῖς akoustikoîs	ᾰ̓κουστῐκαῖς akoustikaîs	ᾰ̓κουστῐκοῖς akoustikoîs
Accusative		ᾰ̓κουστῐκόν akoustikón	ᾰ̓κουστῐκήν akoustikḗn	ᾰ̓κουστῐκόν akoustikón		ᾰ̓κουστῐκώ akoustikṓ	ᾰ̓κουστῐκᾱ́ akoustikā́	ᾰ̓κουστῐκώ akoustikṓ		ᾰ̓κουστῐκούς akoustikoús	ᾰ̓κουστῐκᾱ́ς akoustikā́s	ᾰ̓κουστῐκᾰ́ akoustiká
Vocative		ᾰ̓κουστῐκέ akoustiké	ᾰ̓κουστῐκή akoustikḗ	ᾰ̓κουστῐκόν akoustikón		ᾰ̓κουστῐκώ akoustikṓ	ᾰ̓κουστῐκᾱ́ akoustikā́	ᾰ̓κουστῐκώ akoustikṓ		ᾰ̓κουστῐκοί akoustikoí	ᾰ̓κουστῐκαί akoustikaí	ᾰ̓κουστῐκᾰ́ akoustiká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ᾰ̓κουστῐκῶς akoustikôs				ᾰ̓κουστῐκώτερος akoustikṓteros				ᾰ̓κουστῐκώτᾰτος akoustikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• French: acoustique
  • English: acoustic
  • English: acoustics
  • Greek: ακουστικός (akoustikós)

Further reading

• “ἀκουστικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀκουστικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette