ἐκκλησιαστικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐκκλησῐᾰστής (ekklēsĭăstḗs, “member of an ecclesia”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ĭkós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ek.klɛː.si.as.ti.kós/ → /e.kli.si.as.tiˈkos/ → /e.kli.si.as.tiˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ek.klɛː.si.as.ti.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ek.kle̝.si.as.tiˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.kli.si.as.tiˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.kli.si.as.tiˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.kli.si.as.tiˈkos/

Adjective

ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκός • (ekklēsĭăstĭkós) m (feminine ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκή, neuter ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκόν); first/second declension

1. of or for an ecclesia
2. ecclesiastic, clerical

Inflection

First and second declension of ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκός; ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκή; ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκός ekklēsĭăstĭkós	ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκή ekklēsĭăstĭkḗ	ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκόν ekklēsĭăstĭkón		ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκώ ekklēsĭăstĭkṓ	ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκᾱ́ ekklēsĭăstĭkā́	ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκώ ekklēsĭăstĭkṓ		ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκοί ekklēsĭăstĭkoí	ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκαί ekklēsĭăstĭkaí	ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκᾰ́ ekklēsĭăstĭkắ
Genitive		ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκοῦ ekklēsĭăstĭkoû	ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκῆς ekklēsĭăstĭkês	ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκοῦ ekklēsĭăstĭkoû		ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκοῖν ekklēsĭăstĭkoîn	ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκαῖν ekklēsĭăstĭkaîn	ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκοῖν ekklēsĭăstĭkoîn		ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκῶν ekklēsĭăstĭkôn	ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκῶν ekklēsĭăstĭkôn	ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκῶν ekklēsĭăstĭkôn
Dative		ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκῷ ekklēsĭăstĭkôi	ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκῇ ekklēsĭăstĭkêi	ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκῷ ekklēsĭăstĭkôi		ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκοῖν ekklēsĭăstĭkoîn	ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκαῖν ekklēsĭăstĭkaîn	ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκοῖν ekklēsĭăstĭkoîn		ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκοῖς ekklēsĭăstĭkoîs	ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκαῖς ekklēsĭăstĭkaîs	ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκοῖς ekklēsĭăstĭkoîs
Accusative		ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκόν ekklēsĭăstĭkón	ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκήν ekklēsĭăstĭkḗn	ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκόν ekklēsĭăstĭkón		ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκώ ekklēsĭăstĭkṓ	ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκᾱ́ ekklēsĭăstĭkā́	ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκώ ekklēsĭăstĭkṓ		ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκούς ekklēsĭăstĭkoús	ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκᾱ́ς ekklēsĭăstĭkā́s	ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκᾰ́ ekklēsĭăstĭkắ
Vocative		ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκέ ekklēsĭăstĭké	ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκή ekklēsĭăstĭkḗ	ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκόν ekklēsĭăstĭkón		ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκώ ekklēsĭăstĭkṓ	ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκᾱ́ ekklēsĭăstĭkā́	ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκώ ekklēsĭăstĭkṓ		ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκοί ekklēsĭăstĭkoí	ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκαί ekklēsĭăstĭkaí	ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκᾰ́ ekklēsĭăstĭkắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκῶς ekklēsĭăstĭkôs				ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκώτερος ekklēsĭăstĭkṓteros				ἐκκλησῐᾰστῐκώτᾰτος ekklēsĭăstĭkṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: ecclēsiasticus

Further reading

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