ἡγεμονικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἡγεμών (hēgemṓn, “leader, guide”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ĭkós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛː.ɡe.mo.ni.kós/ → /i.ʝe.mo.niˈkos/ → /i.ʝe.mo.niˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛː.ɡe.mo.ni.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e̝.ɡe.mo.niˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.ʝe.mo.niˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.ʝe.mo.niˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.ʝe.mo.niˈkos/

Adjective

ἡγεμονῐκός • (hēgemonĭkós) m (feminine ἡγεμονῐκή, neuter ἡγεμονῐκόν); first/second declension

1. of or for a leader, ready to lead or guide
2. capable of command, authoritative
3. of or belonging to the prefect of Egypt

Inflection

First and second declension of ἡγεμονῐκός; ἡγεμονῐκή; ἡγεμονῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἡγεμονῐκός hēgemonĭkós	ἡγεμονῐκή hēgemonĭkḗ	ἡγεμονῐκόν hēgemonĭkón		ἡγεμονῐκώ hēgemonĭkṓ	ἡγεμονῐκᾱ́ hēgemonĭkā́	ἡγεμονῐκώ hēgemonĭkṓ		ἡγεμονῐκοί hēgemonĭkoí	ἡγεμονῐκαί hēgemonĭkaí	ἡγεμονῐκᾰ́ hēgemonĭkắ
Genitive		ἡγεμονῐκοῦ hēgemonĭkoû	ἡγεμονῐκῆς hēgemonĭkês	ἡγεμονῐκοῦ hēgemonĭkoû		ἡγεμονῐκοῖν hēgemonĭkoîn	ἡγεμονῐκαῖν hēgemonĭkaîn	ἡγεμονῐκοῖν hēgemonĭkoîn		ἡγεμονῐκῶν hēgemonĭkôn	ἡγεμονῐκῶν hēgemonĭkôn	ἡγεμονῐκῶν hēgemonĭkôn
Dative		ἡγεμονῐκῷ hēgemonĭkôi	ἡγεμονῐκῇ hēgemonĭkêi	ἡγεμονῐκῷ hēgemonĭkôi		ἡγεμονῐκοῖν hēgemonĭkoîn	ἡγεμονῐκαῖν hēgemonĭkaîn	ἡγεμονῐκοῖν hēgemonĭkoîn		ἡγεμονῐκοῖς hēgemonĭkoîs	ἡγεμονῐκαῖς hēgemonĭkaîs	ἡγεμονῐκοῖς hēgemonĭkoîs
Accusative		ἡγεμονῐκόν hēgemonĭkón	ἡγεμονῐκήν hēgemonĭkḗn	ἡγεμονῐκόν hēgemonĭkón		ἡγεμονῐκώ hēgemonĭkṓ	ἡγεμονῐκᾱ́ hēgemonĭkā́	ἡγεμονῐκώ hēgemonĭkṓ		ἡγεμονῐκούς hēgemonĭkoús	ἡγεμονῐκᾱ́ς hēgemonĭkā́s	ἡγεμονῐκᾰ́ hēgemonĭkắ
Vocative		ἡγεμονῐκέ hēgemonĭké	ἡγεμονῐκή hēgemonĭkḗ	ἡγεμονῐκόν hēgemonĭkón		ἡγεμονῐκώ hēgemonĭkṓ	ἡγεμονῐκᾱ́ hēgemonĭkā́	ἡγεμονῐκώ hēgemonĭkṓ		ἡγεμονῐκοί hēgemonĭkoí	ἡγεμονῐκαί hēgemonĭkaí	ἡγεμονῐκᾰ́ hēgemonĭkắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἡγεμονῐκῶς hēgemonĭkôs				ἡγεμονῐκώτερος hēgemonĭkṓteros				ἡγεμονῐκώτᾰτος hēgemonĭkṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: hegemonic
• → Italian: egemonico

Further reading

• “ἡγεμονικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἡγεμονικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἡγεμονικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette