ἀργυρικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄργυρος (árguros, “silver”) +‎ -ικός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ar.ɡy.ri.kós/ → /ar.ʝy.riˈkos/ → /ar.ʝi.riˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar.ɡy.ri.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ar.ɡy.riˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ar.ʝy.riˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ar.ʝy.riˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ar.ʝi.riˈkos/

Adjective

ἀργῠρῐκός • (argŭrĭkós) m (feminine ἀργῠρῐκή, neuter ἀργῠρῐκόν); first/second declension

1. of, for, or in silver

Inflection

First and second declension of ἀργυρικός; ἀργυρική; ἀργυρικόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀργυρικός argurikós	ἀργυρική argurikḗ	ἀργυρικόν argurikón		ἀργυρικώ argurikṓ	ἀργυρικᾱ́ argurikā́	ἀργυρικώ argurikṓ		ἀργυρικοί argurikoí	ἀργυρικαί argurikaí	ἀργυρικᾰ́ argurikắ
Genitive		ἀργυρικοῦ argurikoû	ἀργυρικῆς argurikês	ἀργυρικοῦ argurikoû		ἀργυρικοῖν argurikoîn	ἀργυρικαῖν argurikaîn	ἀργυρικοῖν argurikoîn		ἀργυρικῶν argurikôn	ἀργυρικῶν argurikôn	ἀργυρικῶν argurikôn
Dative		ἀργυρικῷ argurikôi	ἀργυρικῇ argurikêi	ἀργυρικῷ argurikôi		ἀργυρικοῖν argurikoîn	ἀργυρικαῖν argurikaîn	ἀργυρικοῖν argurikoîn		ἀργυρικοῖς argurikoîs	ἀργυρικαῖς argurikaîs	ἀργυρικοῖς argurikoîs
Accusative		ἀργυρικόν argurikón	ἀργυρικήν argurikḗn	ἀργυρικόν argurikón		ἀργυρικώ argurikṓ	ἀργυρικᾱ́ argurikā́	ἀργυρικώ argurikṓ		ἀργυρικούς argurikoús	ἀργυρικᾱ́ς argurikā́s	ἀργυρικᾰ́ argurikắ
Vocative		ἀργυρικέ arguriké	ἀργυρική argurikḗ	ἀργυρικόν argurikón		ἀργυρικώ argurikṓ	ἀργυρικᾱ́ argurikā́	ἀργυρικώ argurikṓ		ἀργυρικοί argurikoí	ἀργυρικαί argurikaí	ἀργυρικᾰ́ argurikắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἀργυρικῶς argurikôs				ἀργυρικότερος argurikóteros				ἀργυρικότᾰτος argurikótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀργυρικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀργυρικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀργυρικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀργυρικός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)