μιμικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μῖμος (mîmos) +‎ -ικός (-ikós)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /miː.mi.kós/ → /mi.miˈkos/ → /mi.miˈkos/

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

Adjective

μῑμῐκός • (mīmikós) m (feminine μῑμῐκή, neuter μῑμῐκόν); first/second declension

1. of or pertaining to mimes or actors
2. intended for stage performances

Declension

First and second declension of μῑμῐκός; μῑμῐκή; μῑμῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		μῑμῐκός mīmikós	μῑμῐκή mīmikḗ	μῑμῐκόν mīmikón		μῑμῐκώ mīmikṓ	μῑμῐκᾱ́ mīmikā́	μῑμῐκώ mīmikṓ		μῑμῐκοί mīmikoí	μῑμῐκαί mīmikaí	μῑμῐκᾰ́ mīmiká
Genitive		μῑμῐκοῦ mīmikoû	μῑμῐκῆς mīmikês	μῑμῐκοῦ mīmikoû		μῑμῐκοῖν mīmikoîn	μῑμῐκαῖν mīmikaîn	μῑμῐκοῖν mīmikoîn		μῑμῐκῶν mīmikôn	μῑμῐκῶν mīmikôn	μῑμῐκῶν mīmikôn
Dative		μῑμῐκῷ mīmikôi	μῑμῐκῇ mīmikêi	μῑμῐκῷ mīmikôi		μῑμῐκοῖν mīmikoîn	μῑμῐκαῖν mīmikaîn	μῑμῐκοῖν mīmikoîn		μῑμῐκοῖς mīmikoîs	μῑμῐκαῖς mīmikaîs	μῑμῐκοῖς mīmikoîs
Accusative		μῑμῐκόν mīmikón	μῑμῐκήν mīmikḗn	μῑμῐκόν mīmikón		μῑμῐκώ mīmikṓ	μῑμῐκᾱ́ mīmikā́	μῑμῐκώ mīmikṓ		μῑμῐκούς mīmikoús	μῑμῐκᾱ́ς mīmikā́s	μῑμῐκᾰ́ mīmiká
Vocative		μῑμῐκέ mīmiké	μῑμῐκή mīmikḗ	μῑμῐκόν mīmikón		μῑμῐκώ mīmikṓ	μῑμῐκᾱ́ mīmikā́	μῑμῐκώ mīmikṓ		μῑμῐκοί mīmikoí	μῑμῐκαί mīmikaí	μῑμῐκᾰ́ mīmiká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		μῑμῐκῶς mīmikôs				μῑμῐκώτερος mīmikṓteros				μῑμῐκώτᾰτος mīmikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: mīmicus (see there for further descendants)
• Macedonian: мимика (mimika)
• Russian: ми́мика (mímika)
  • → Crimean Tatar: mimika

Further reading

• μιμικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• μιμικός 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
• “μιμικός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “μιμικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900) “μιμικός”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 760