πενθικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πένθος (pénthos, “sorrow, mourning”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ĭkós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pen.tʰi.kós/ → /pen.θiˈkos/ → /pen.θiˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pen.tʰi.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pen.tʰiˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pen.θiˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pen.θiˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pen.θiˈkos/

Noun

πενθῐκός • (penthĭkós) m (feminine πενθῐκή, neuter πενθῐκόν); first/second declension

1. Of or relating to mourning
   • 1943, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (Translation by Juan Coderch), Τὸ Βασιλείδιον

     μεθύσκομαι, ἀπεκρίνατο ὁ φιλοπότης πενθικῶς
     "I am drinking," replied the tippler, with a lugubrious air.

     methúskomai, apekrínato ho philopótēs penthikôs
     "I am drinking," replied the tippler, with a lugubrious air.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (πενθικῶς ἔχω + genitive) to be in mourning for
   • Xenophon, Cyropaedia 5.2.7:

     πενθικῶς δ᾽ ἔχουσαν τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ τεθνηκότος

     • 1914 translation by Walter Miller

       but in mourning for her brother who was dead

Inflection

First and second declension of πενθῐκός; πενθῐκή; πενθῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πενθῐκός penthĭkós	πενθῐκή penthĭkḗ	πενθῐκόν penthĭkón		πενθῐκώ penthĭkṓ	πενθῐκᾱ́ penthĭkā́	πενθῐκώ penthĭkṓ		πενθῐκοί penthĭkoí	πενθῐκαί penthĭkaí	πενθῐκᾰ́ penthĭkắ
Genitive		πενθῐκοῦ penthĭkoû	πενθῐκῆς penthĭkês	πενθῐκοῦ penthĭkoû		πενθῐκοῖν penthĭkoîn	πενθῐκαῖν penthĭkaîn	πενθῐκοῖν penthĭkoîn		πενθῐκῶν penthĭkôn	πενθῐκῶν penthĭkôn	πενθῐκῶν penthĭkôn
Dative		πενθῐκῷ penthĭkôi	πενθῐκῇ penthĭkêi	πενθῐκῷ penthĭkôi		πενθῐκοῖν penthĭkoîn	πενθῐκαῖν penthĭkaîn	πενθῐκοῖν penthĭkoîn		πενθῐκοῖς penthĭkoîs	πενθῐκαῖς penthĭkaîs	πενθῐκοῖς penthĭkoîs
Accusative		πενθῐκόν penthĭkón	πενθῐκήν penthĭkḗn	πενθῐκόν penthĭkón		πενθῐκώ penthĭkṓ	πενθῐκᾱ́ penthĭkā́	πενθῐκώ penthĭkṓ		πενθῐκούς penthĭkoús	πενθῐκᾱ́ς penthĭkā́s	πενθῐκᾰ́ penthĭkắ
Vocative		πενθῐκέ penthĭké	πενθῐκή penthĭkḗ	πενθῐκόν penthĭkón		πενθῐκώ penthĭkṓ	πενθῐκᾱ́ penthĭkā́	πενθῐκώ penthĭkṓ		πενθῐκοί penthĭkoí	πενθῐκαί penthĭkaí	πενθῐκᾰ́ penthĭkắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		πενθῐκῶς penthĭkôs				πενθῐκώτερος penthĭkṓteros				πενθῐκώτᾰτος penthĭkṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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