ἑταιρικόν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neuter form of ἑταιρῐκός (hetairikós, “of or suitable for a companion; meretricious”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /he.tai̯.ri.kón/ → /e.tɛ.riˈkon/ → /e.te.riˈkon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /he.tai̯.ri.kón/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e.tɛ.riˈkon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.tɛ.riˈkon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.te.riˈkon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.te.riˈkon/

Adjective

ἑταιρῐκόν • (hetairikón)

1. inflection of ἑταιρῐκός (hetairikós):
   1. accusative masculine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular

Noun

ἑταιρῐκόν • (hetairikón) n (genitive ἑταιρῐκοῦ); second declension (nominalized)

1. Synonym of ἑταιρείᾱ (hetaireíā): faction, club
   • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Lysander 5:

     ᾰ̓ρχᾱ̀ς ῠ̔πέσπειρε τῶν ῠ̔́στερον ἐπ̓ αὐτοῦ γενομένων δεκᾰδᾰρχῐῶν καὶ νεωτερῐσμῶν, προτρέπων καὶ πᾰροξῡ́νων ἑταιρῐκᾰ̀ σῠνῐ́στᾰσθαι καὶ προσέχειν τὸν νοῦν τοῖς πρᾱ́γμᾰσῐν

     arkhā̀s hupéspeire tôn hústeron ep autoû genoménōn dekadarkhiôn kaì neōterismôn, protrépōn kaì paroxū́nōn hetairikà sunístasthai kaì prosékhein tòn noûn toîs prā́gmasin

2. custom of a companion
   • Alciphron, Collected Works 2.1:

     Οὐ ποιήσω τὸ ἑταιρῐκὸν, οὐδὲ ψεύσομαι, δέσποτᾰ, ὡς ᾰ̓́λλαι ποιοῦσῐν

     Ou poiḗsō tò hetairikòn, oudè pseúsomai, déspota, hōs állai poioûsin

3. tax on courtesans

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Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἑταιρῐκόν; τοῦ ἑταιρῐκοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἑταιρῐκόν tò hetairikón	τὼ ἑταιρῐκώ tṑ hetairikṓ	τᾰ̀ ἑταιρῐκᾰ́ tà hetairiká
Genitive	τοῦ ἑταιρῐκοῦ toû hetairikoû	τοῖν ἑταιρῐκοῖν toîn hetairikoîn	τῶν ἑταιρῐκῶν tôn hetairikôn
Dative	τῷ ἑταιρῐκῷ tôi hetairikôi	τοῖν ἑταιρῐκοῖν toîn hetairikoîn	τοῖς ἑταιρῐκοῖς toîs hetairikoîs
Accusative	τὸ ἑταιρῐκόν tò hetairikón	τὼ ἑταιρῐκώ tṑ hetairikṓ	τᾰ̀ ἑταιρῐκᾰ́ tà hetairiká
Vocative	ἑταιρῐκόν hetairikón	ἑταιρῐκώ hetairikṓ	ἑταιρῐκᾰ́ hetairiká
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• ἑταιρῐκή (hetairikḗ, substantive)

References

• “ἑταιρικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press