ἑρμηνευτικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἑρμηνεύω (hermēneúō) +‎ -τικός (-tikós)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /her.mɛː.neu̯.ti.kós/ → /er.mi.neɸ.tiˈkos/ → /er.mi.nef.tiˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /her.mɛː.neu̯.ti.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)er.me̝.new.tiˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /er.mi.neɸ.tiˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /er.mi.nef.tiˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /er.mi.nef.tiˈkos/

Adjective

ἑρμηνευτῐκός • (hermēneutĭkós) m (feminine ἑρμηνευτῐκή, neuter ἑρμηνευτῐκόν); first/second declension

1. of or for interpreting

Declension

First and second declension of ἑρμηνευτῐκός; ἑρμηνευτῐκή; ἑρμηνευτῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἑρμηνευτῐκός hermēneutĭkós	ἑρμηνευτῐκή hermēneutĭkḗ	ἑρμηνευτῐκόν hermēneutĭkón		ἑρμηνευτῐκώ hermēneutĭkṓ	ἑρμηνευτῐκᾱ́ hermēneutĭkā́	ἑρμηνευτῐκώ hermēneutĭkṓ		ἑρμηνευτῐκοί hermēneutĭkoí	ἑρμηνευτῐκαί hermēneutĭkaí	ἑρμηνευτῐκᾰ́ hermēneutĭkắ
Genitive		ἑρμηνευτῐκοῦ hermēneutĭkoû	ἑρμηνευτῐκῆς hermēneutĭkês	ἑρμηνευτῐκοῦ hermēneutĭkoû		ἑρμηνευτῐκοῖν hermēneutĭkoîn	ἑρμηνευτῐκαῖν hermēneutĭkaîn	ἑρμηνευτῐκοῖν hermēneutĭkoîn		ἑρμηνευτῐκῶν hermēneutĭkôn	ἑρμηνευτῐκῶν hermēneutĭkôn	ἑρμηνευτῐκῶν hermēneutĭkôn
Dative		ἑρμηνευτῐκῷ hermēneutĭkôi	ἑρμηνευτῐκῇ hermēneutĭkêi	ἑρμηνευτῐκῷ hermēneutĭkôi		ἑρμηνευτῐκοῖν hermēneutĭkoîn	ἑρμηνευτῐκαῖν hermēneutĭkaîn	ἑρμηνευτῐκοῖν hermēneutĭkoîn		ἑρμηνευτῐκοῖς hermēneutĭkoîs	ἑρμηνευτῐκαῖς hermēneutĭkaîs	ἑρμηνευτῐκοῖς hermēneutĭkoîs
Accusative		ἑρμηνευτῐκόν hermēneutĭkón	ἑρμηνευτῐκήν hermēneutĭkḗn	ἑρμηνευτῐκόν hermēneutĭkón		ἑρμηνευτῐκώ hermēneutĭkṓ	ἑρμηνευτῐκᾱ́ hermēneutĭkā́	ἑρμηνευτῐκώ hermēneutĭkṓ		ἑρμηνευτῐκούς hermēneutĭkoús	ἑρμηνευτῐκᾱ́ς hermēneutĭkā́s	ἑρμηνευτῐκᾰ́ hermēneutĭkắ
Vocative		ἑρμηνευτῐκέ hermēneutĭké	ἑρμηνευτῐκή hermēneutĭkḗ	ἑρμηνευτῐκόν hermēneutĭkón		ἑρμηνευτῐκώ hermēneutĭkṓ	ἑρμηνευτῐκᾱ́ hermēneutĭkā́	ἑρμηνευτῐκώ hermēneutĭkṓ		ἑρμηνευτῐκοί hermēneutĭkoí	ἑρμηνευτῐκαί hermēneutĭkaí	ἑρμηνευτῐκᾰ́ hermēneutĭkắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἑρμηνευτῐκῶς hermēneutĭkôs				ἑρμηνευτῐκώτερος hermēneutĭkṓteros				ἑρμηνευτῐκώτᾰτος hermēneutĭkṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Descendants

• → Catalan: hermenéutica
• → Dutch: hermeneutisch
• → English: hermeneutic, hermeneutics
• → Finnish: hermeneutiikka, hermeneuttinen
• → French: herméneutique
• → German: Hermeneutik, hermeneutisch
• → Portuguese: hermenêutica, hermenêutico
• → Romanian: hermeneutic, hermeneutică
• → Russian: гермене́втика (germenévtika)
  • → Kazakh: герменевтика (germenevtika)
• → Spanish: hermenéutica, hermenéutico
• → Swedish: hermeneutik, hermeneutisk

Further reading

• ἑρμηνευτικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ἑρμηνευτικός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ἑρμηνευτικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press