δοτικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δο- (do-), short-vowel grade of the root of δίδωμι (dídōmi, “to give”), + -τῐκός (-tĭkós, verbal adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /do.ti.kós/ → /ðo.tiˈkos/ → /ðo.tiˈkos/

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

Adjective

δοτῐκός • (dotĭkós) m (feminine δοτῐκή, neuter δοτῐκόν); first/second declension

1. inclined to give, giving freely

Inflection

First and second declension of δοτῐκός; δοτῐκή; δοτῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		δοτῐκός dotĭkós	δοτῐκή dotĭkḗ	δοτῐκόν dotĭkón		δοτῐκώ dotĭkṓ	δοτῐκᾱ́ dotĭkā́	δοτῐκώ dotĭkṓ		δοτῐκοί dotĭkoí	δοτῐκαί dotĭkaí	δοτῐκᾰ́ dotĭkắ
Genitive		δοτῐκοῦ dotĭkoû	δοτῐκῆς dotĭkês	δοτῐκοῦ dotĭkoû		δοτῐκοῖν dotĭkoîn	δοτῐκαῖν dotĭkaîn	δοτῐκοῖν dotĭkoîn		δοτῐκῶν dotĭkôn	δοτῐκῶν dotĭkôn	δοτῐκῶν dotĭkôn
Dative		δοτῐκῷ dotĭkôi	δοτῐκῇ dotĭkêi	δοτῐκῷ dotĭkôi		δοτῐκοῖν dotĭkoîn	δοτῐκαῖν dotĭkaîn	δοτῐκοῖν dotĭkoîn		δοτῐκοῖς dotĭkoîs	δοτῐκαῖς dotĭkaîs	δοτῐκοῖς dotĭkoîs
Accusative		δοτῐκόν dotĭkón	δοτῐκήν dotĭkḗn	δοτῐκόν dotĭkón		δοτῐκώ dotĭkṓ	δοτῐκᾱ́ dotĭkā́	δοτῐκώ dotĭkṓ		δοτῐκούς dotĭkoús	δοτῐκᾱ́ς dotĭkā́s	δοτῐκᾰ́ dotĭkắ
Vocative		δοτῐκέ dotĭké	δοτῐκή dotĭkḗ	δοτῐκόν dotĭkón		δοτῐκώ dotĭkṓ	δοτῐκᾱ́ dotĭkā́	δοτῐκώ dotĭkṓ		δοτῐκοί dotĭkoí	δοτῐκαί dotĭkaí	δοτῐκᾰ́ dotĭkắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		δοτῐκῶς dotĭkôs				δοτῐκώτερος dotĭkṓteros				δοτῐκώτᾰτος dotĭkṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δοτῐκή (dotĭkḗ, “the dative case”)

Related terms

• ἀναδοτῐκός (anadotĭkós)
• ἀνταποδοτῐκός (antapodotĭkós)
• ἀποδοτῐκός (apodotĭkós)
• ἐνδοτῐκός (endotĭkós)
• ἐπιδοτῐκός (epidotĭkós)
• μεταδοτῐκός (metadotĭkós)
• προδοτῐκός (prodotĭkós)
• συνδοτῐκός (sundotĭkós)

 

References

• “δοτικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δοτικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δοτικός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• δοτικός 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