κλινικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κλίνη (klínē, “bed”) +‎ -ικός (-ikós), from κλίνω (klínō, “to lean, incline”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kliː.ni.kós/ → /kli.niˈkos/ → /kli.niˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kliː.ni.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kli.niˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kli.niˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kli.niˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kli.niˈkos/

Adjective

κλῑνῐκός • (klīnĭkós) m (feminine κλῑνῐκή, neuter κλῑνῐκόν); first/second declension

1. of or pertaining to a bed
2. (by extension) bedridden

Declension

First and second declension of κλῑνῐκός; κλῑνῐκή; κλῑνῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		κλῑνῐκός klīnĭkós	κλῑνῐκή klīnĭkḗ	κλῑνῐκόν klīnĭkón		κλῑνῐκώ klīnĭkṓ	κλῑνῐκᾱ́ klīnĭkā́	κλῑνῐκώ klīnĭkṓ		κλῑνῐκοί klīnĭkoí	κλῑνῐκαί klīnĭkaí	κλῑνῐκᾰ́ klīnĭkắ
Genitive		κλῑνῐκοῦ klīnĭkoû	κλῑνῐκῆς klīnĭkês	κλῑνῐκοῦ klīnĭkoû		κλῑνῐκοῖν klīnĭkoîn	κλῑνῐκαῖν klīnĭkaîn	κλῑνῐκοῖν klīnĭkoîn		κλῑνῐκῶν klīnĭkôn	κλῑνῐκῶν klīnĭkôn	κλῑνῐκῶν klīnĭkôn
Dative		κλῑνῐκῷ klīnĭkôi	κλῑνῐκῇ klīnĭkêi	κλῑνῐκῷ klīnĭkôi		κλῑνῐκοῖν klīnĭkoîn	κλῑνῐκαῖν klīnĭkaîn	κλῑνῐκοῖν klīnĭkoîn		κλῑνῐκοῖς klīnĭkoîs	κλῑνῐκαῖς klīnĭkaîs	κλῑνῐκοῖς klīnĭkoîs
Accusative		κλῑνῐκόν klīnĭkón	κλῑνῐκήν klīnĭkḗn	κλῑνῐκόν klīnĭkón		κλῑνῐκώ klīnĭkṓ	κλῑνῐκᾱ́ klīnĭkā́	κλῑνῐκώ klīnĭkṓ		κλῑνῐκούς klīnĭkoús	κλῑνῐκᾱ́ς klīnĭkā́s	κλῑνῐκᾰ́ klīnĭkắ
Vocative		κλῑνῐκέ klīnĭké	κλῑνῐκή klīnĭkḗ	κλῑνῐκόν klīnĭkón		κλῑνῐκώ klīnĭkṓ	κλῑνῐκᾱ́ klīnĭkā́	κλῑνῐκώ klīnĭkṓ		κλῑνῐκοί klīnĭkoí	κλῑνῐκαί klīnĭkaí	κλῑνῐκᾰ́ klīnĭkắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		κλῑνῐκῶς klīnĭkôs				κλῑνῐκώτερος klīnĭkṓteros				κλῑνῐκώτᾰτος klīnĭkṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

κλῑνῐκός • (klīnĭkós) m (genitive κλῑνῐκοῦ); second declension

1. a physician (who tends to a bedridden patient)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ κλῑνῐκός; τοῦ κλῑνῐκοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κλῑνῐκός ho klīnĭkós	τὼ κλῑνῐκώ tṑ klīnĭkṓ	οἱ κλῑνῐκοί hoi klīnĭkoí
Genitive	τοῦ κλῑνῐκοῦ toû klīnĭkoû	τοῖν κλῑνῐκοῖν toîn klīnĭkoîn	τῶν κλῑνῐκῶν tôn klīnĭkôn
Dative	τῷ κλῑνῐκῷ tôi klīnĭkôi	τοῖν κλῑνῐκοῖν toîn klīnĭkoîn	τοῖς κλῑνῐκοῖς toîs klīnĭkoîs
Accusative	τὸν κλῑνῐκόν tòn klīnĭkón	τὼ κλῑνῐκώ tṑ klīnĭkṓ	τοὺς κλῑνῐκούς toùs klīnĭkoús
Vocative	κλῑνῐκέ klīnĭké	κλῑνῐκώ klīnĭkṓ	κλῑνῐκοί klīnĭkoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κλινική (klinikḗ)

Descendants

• → Latin: clīnicus
  • → German: Klinik
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: klinikk

Further reading

• “κλινικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “clinic”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.