ἀγγελικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ĭkós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aŋ.ɡe.li.kós/ → /aɲ.ɟe.liˈkos/ → /aɲ.ɟe.liˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /aŋ.ɡe.li.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aŋ.ɡe.liˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aɲ.ɟe.liˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aɲ.ɟe.liˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aɲ.ɟe.liˈkos/

Adjective

ἀγγελῐκός • (angelĭkós) m (feminine ἀγγελῐκή, neuter ἀγγελῐκόν); first/second declension

1. of or for a messenger
2. conveying information
3. angelic

Inflection

First and second declension of ἀγγελῐκός; ἀγγελῐκή; ἀγγελῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀγγελῐκός angelĭkós	ἀγγελῐκή angelĭkḗ	ἀγγελῐκόν angelĭkón		ἀγγελῐκώ angelĭkṓ	ἀγγελῐκᾱ́ angelĭkā́	ἀγγελῐκώ angelĭkṓ		ἀγγελῐκοί angelĭkoí	ἀγγελῐκαί angelĭkaí	ἀγγελῐκᾰ́ angelĭkắ
Genitive		ἀγγελῐκοῦ angelĭkoû	ἀγγελῐκῆς angelĭkês	ἀγγελῐκοῦ angelĭkoû		ἀγγελῐκοῖν angelĭkoîn	ἀγγελῐκαῖν angelĭkaîn	ἀγγελῐκοῖν angelĭkoîn		ἀγγελῐκῶν angelĭkôn	ἀγγελῐκῶν angelĭkôn	ἀγγελῐκῶν angelĭkôn
Dative		ἀγγελῐκῷ angelĭkôi	ἀγγελῐκῇ angelĭkêi	ἀγγελῐκῷ angelĭkôi		ἀγγελῐκοῖν angelĭkoîn	ἀγγελῐκαῖν angelĭkaîn	ἀγγελῐκοῖν angelĭkoîn		ἀγγελῐκοῖς angelĭkoîs	ἀγγελῐκαῖς angelĭkaîs	ἀγγελῐκοῖς angelĭkoîs
Accusative		ἀγγελῐκόν angelĭkón	ἀγγελῐκήν angelĭkḗn	ἀγγελῐκόν angelĭkón		ἀγγελῐκώ angelĭkṓ	ἀγγελῐκᾱ́ angelĭkā́	ἀγγελῐκώ angelĭkṓ		ἀγγελῐκούς angelĭkoús	ἀγγελῐκᾱ́ς angelĭkā́s	ἀγγελῐκᾰ́ angelĭkắ
Vocative		ἀγγελῐκέ angelĭké	ἀγγελῐκή angelĭkḗ	ἀγγελῐκόν angelĭkón		ἀγγελῐκώ angelĭkṓ	ἀγγελῐκᾱ́ angelĭkā́	ἀγγελῐκώ angelĭkṓ		ἀγγελῐκοί angelĭkoí	ἀγγελῐκαί angelĭkaí	ἀγγελῐκᾰ́ angelĭkắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἀγγελῐκῶς angelĭkôs				ἀγγελῐκώτερος angelĭkṓteros				ἀγγελῐκώτᾰτος angelĭkṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: angelicus (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “ἀγγελικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀγγελικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette