σποραδικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σποράς (sporás) +‎ -ικός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /spo.ra.di.kós/ → /spo.ra.ðiˈkos/ → /spo.ra.ðiˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /spo.ra.di.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /spo.ra.diˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /spo.ra.ðiˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /spo.ra.ðiˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /spo.ra.ðiˈkos/

Adjective

σπορᾰδῐκός • (sporădĭkós) m (feminine σπορᾰδῐκή, neuter σπορᾰδῐκόν); first/second declension

1. scattered

Declension

First and second declension of σπορᾰδῐκός; σπορᾰδῐκή; σπορᾰδῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		σπορᾰδῐκός sporădĭkós	σπορᾰδῐκή sporădĭkḗ	σπορᾰδῐκόν sporădĭkón		σπορᾰδῐκώ sporădĭkṓ	σπορᾰδῐκᾱ́ sporădĭkā́	σπορᾰδῐκώ sporădĭkṓ		σπορᾰδῐκοί sporădĭkoí	σπορᾰδῐκαί sporădĭkaí	σπορᾰδῐκᾰ́ sporădĭkắ
Genitive		σπορᾰδῐκοῦ sporădĭkoû	σπορᾰδῐκῆς sporădĭkês	σπορᾰδῐκοῦ sporădĭkoû		σπορᾰδῐκοῖν sporădĭkoîn	σπορᾰδῐκαῖν sporădĭkaîn	σπορᾰδῐκοῖν sporădĭkoîn		σπορᾰδῐκῶν sporădĭkôn	σπορᾰδῐκῶν sporădĭkôn	σπορᾰδῐκῶν sporădĭkôn
Dative		σπορᾰδῐκῷ sporădĭkôi	σπορᾰδῐκῇ sporădĭkêi	σπορᾰδῐκῷ sporădĭkôi		σπορᾰδῐκοῖν sporădĭkoîn	σπορᾰδῐκαῖν sporădĭkaîn	σπορᾰδῐκοῖν sporădĭkoîn		σπορᾰδῐκοῖς sporădĭkoîs	σπορᾰδῐκαῖς sporădĭkaîs	σπορᾰδῐκοῖς sporădĭkoîs
Accusative		σπορᾰδῐκόν sporădĭkón	σπορᾰδῐκήν sporădĭkḗn	σπορᾰδῐκόν sporădĭkón		σπορᾰδῐκώ sporădĭkṓ	σπορᾰδῐκᾱ́ sporădĭkā́	σπορᾰδῐκώ sporădĭkṓ		σπορᾰδῐκούς sporădĭkoús	σπορᾰδῐκᾱ́ς sporădĭkā́s	σπορᾰδῐκᾰ́ sporădĭkắ
Vocative		σπορᾰδῐκέ sporădĭké	σπορᾰδῐκή sporădĭkḗ	σπορᾰδῐκόν sporădĭkón		σπορᾰδῐκώ sporădĭkṓ	σπορᾰδῐκᾱ́ sporădĭkā́	σπορᾰδῐκώ sporădĭkṓ		σπορᾰδῐκοί sporădĭkoí	σπορᾰδῐκαί sporădĭkaí	σπορᾰδῐκᾰ́ sporădĭkắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		σπορᾰδῐκῶς sporădĭkôs				σπορᾰδῐκώτερος sporădĭkṓteros				σπορᾰδῐκώτᾰτος sporădĭkṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Descendants

• → Belarusian: спарады́чны (sparadýčny)
• → Danish: sporadisk
• → Dutch: sporadisch
• → English: sporadic
• → French: sporadique
• → Galician: esporádico
• → German: sporadisch
• → Latin: sporadicus
• → Norwegian Bokmål: sporadisk
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: sporadisk
• → Polish: sporadyczny
• → Portuguese: esporádico
• → Romanian: sporadic
• → Russian: споради́ческий (sporadíčeskij)
• → Spanish: esporádico
• → Swedish: sporadisk
• → Ukrainian: споради́чний (sporadýčnyj)

Further reading

• σποραδικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “σποραδικός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “σποραδικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “σποραδικός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter