ἡστικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἥδομαι (hḗdomai, “to enjoy”) +‎ -τικός (-tikós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hɛːs.ti.kós/ → /is.tiˈkos/ → /is.tiˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hɛːs.ti.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e̝s.tiˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /is.tiˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /is.tiˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /is.tiˈkos/

Adjective

ἡστῐκός • (hēstĭkós) m (feminine ἡστῐκή, neuter ἡστῐκόν); first/second declension

1. pleasing, agreeable

Inflection

First and second declension of ἡστῐκός; ἡστῐκή; ἡστῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἡστῐκός hēstĭkós	ἡστῐκή hēstĭkḗ	ἡστῐκόν hēstĭkón		ἡστῐκώ hēstĭkṓ	ἡστῐκᾱ́ hēstĭkā́	ἡστῐκώ hēstĭkṓ		ἡστῐκοί hēstĭkoí	ἡστῐκαί hēstĭkaí	ἡστῐκᾰ́ hēstĭkắ
Genitive		ἡστῐκοῦ hēstĭkoû	ἡστῐκῆς hēstĭkês	ἡστῐκοῦ hēstĭkoû		ἡστῐκοῖν hēstĭkoîn	ἡστῐκαῖν hēstĭkaîn	ἡστῐκοῖν hēstĭkoîn		ἡστῐκῶν hēstĭkôn	ἡστῐκῶν hēstĭkôn	ἡστῐκῶν hēstĭkôn
Dative		ἡστῐκῷ hēstĭkôi	ἡστῐκῇ hēstĭkêi	ἡστῐκῷ hēstĭkôi		ἡστῐκοῖν hēstĭkoîn	ἡστῐκαῖν hēstĭkaîn	ἡστῐκοῖν hēstĭkoîn		ἡστῐκοῖς hēstĭkoîs	ἡστῐκαῖς hēstĭkaîs	ἡστῐκοῖς hēstĭkoîs
Accusative		ἡστῐκόν hēstĭkón	ἡστῐκήν hēstĭkḗn	ἡστῐκόν hēstĭkón		ἡστῐκώ hēstĭkṓ	ἡστῐκᾱ́ hēstĭkā́	ἡστῐκώ hēstĭkṓ		ἡστῐκούς hēstĭkoús	ἡστῐκᾱ́ς hēstĭkā́s	ἡστῐκᾰ́ hēstĭkắ
Vocative		ἡστῐκέ hēstĭké	ἡστῐκή hēstĭkḗ	ἡστῐκόν hēstĭkón		ἡστῐκώ hēstĭkṓ	ἡστῐκᾱ́ hēstĭkā́	ἡστῐκώ hēstĭkṓ		ἡστῐκοί hēstĭkoí	ἡστῐκαί hēstĭkaí	ἡστῐκᾰ́ hēstĭkắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἡστῐκῶς hēstĭkôs				ἡστῐκώτερος hēstĭkṓteros				ἡστῐκώτᾰτος hēstĭkṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἡστικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἡστικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette