ἱστορικός

See also: ιστορικός

Ancient Greek

Ὁ ἱστορικὸς Θουκυδίδης καλούμενος. (Ho historikòs Thoukudídēs kaloúmenos.)

Etymology

From ῐ̔στορῐ́ᾱ (hĭstorĭ́ā, “inquiry”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ĭkós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /his.to.ri.kós/ → /is.to.riˈkos/ → /is.to.riˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /his.to.ri.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)is.to.riˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /is.to.riˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /is.to.riˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /is.to.riˈkos/

Adjective

ῐ̔στορῐκός • (hĭstorĭkós) m (feminine ῐ̔στορῐκή, neuter ῐ̔στορῐκόν); first/second declension

1. exact, precise, scientific
2. belonging or pertaining to history, historical

Inflection

First and second declension of ῐ̔στορῐκός; ῐ̔στορῐκή; ῐ̔στορῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ῐ̔στορῐκός hĭstorĭkós	ῐ̔στορῐκή hĭstorĭkḗ	ῐ̔στορῐκόν hĭstorĭkón		ῐ̔στορῐκώ hĭstorĭkṓ	ῐ̔στορῐκᾱ́ hĭstorĭkā́	ῐ̔στορῐκώ hĭstorĭkṓ		ῐ̔στορῐκοί hĭstorĭkoí	ῐ̔στορῐκαί hĭstorĭkaí	ῐ̔στορῐκᾰ́ hĭstorĭkắ
Genitive		ῐ̔στορῐκοῦ hĭstorĭkoû	ῐ̔στορῐκῆς hĭstorĭkês	ῐ̔στορῐκοῦ hĭstorĭkoû		ῐ̔στορῐκοῖν hĭstorĭkoîn	ῐ̔στορῐκαῖν hĭstorĭkaîn	ῐ̔στορῐκοῖν hĭstorĭkoîn		ῐ̔στορῐκῶν hĭstorĭkôn	ῐ̔στορῐκῶν hĭstorĭkôn	ῐ̔στορῐκῶν hĭstorĭkôn
Dative		ῐ̔στορῐκῷ hĭstorĭkôi	ῐ̔στορῐκῇ hĭstorĭkêi	ῐ̔στορῐκῷ hĭstorĭkôi		ῐ̔στορῐκοῖν hĭstorĭkoîn	ῐ̔στορῐκαῖν hĭstorĭkaîn	ῐ̔στορῐκοῖν hĭstorĭkoîn		ῐ̔στορῐκοῖς hĭstorĭkoîs	ῐ̔στορῐκαῖς hĭstorĭkaîs	ῐ̔στορῐκοῖς hĭstorĭkoîs
Accusative		ῐ̔στορῐκόν hĭstorĭkón	ῐ̔στορῐκήν hĭstorĭkḗn	ῐ̔στορῐκόν hĭstorĭkón		ῐ̔στορῐκώ hĭstorĭkṓ	ῐ̔στορῐκᾱ́ hĭstorĭkā́	ῐ̔στορῐκώ hĭstorĭkṓ		ῐ̔στορῐκούς hĭstorĭkoús	ῐ̔στορῐκᾱ́ς hĭstorĭkā́s	ῐ̔στορῐκᾰ́ hĭstorĭkắ
Vocative		ῐ̔στορῐκέ hĭstorĭké	ῐ̔στορῐκή hĭstorĭkḗ	ῐ̔στορῐκόν hĭstorĭkón		ῐ̔στορῐκώ hĭstorĭkṓ	ῐ̔στορῐκᾱ́ hĭstorĭkā́	ῐ̔στορῐκώ hĭstorĭkṓ		ῐ̔στορῐκοί hĭstorĭkoí	ῐ̔στορῐκαί hĭstorĭkaí	ῐ̔στορῐκᾰ́ hĭstorĭkắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ῐ̔στορῐκῶς hĭstorĭkôs				ῐ̔στορῐκώτερος hĭstorĭkṓteros				ῐ̔στορῐκώτᾰτος hĭstorĭkṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Noun

ῐ̔στορῐκός • (hĭstorĭkós) m (genitive ῐ̔στορῐκοῦ); second declension

1. historian

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ῐ̔στορῐκός; τοῦ ῐ̔στορῐκοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ῐ̔στορῐκός ho hĭstorĭkós	τὼ ῐ̔στορῐκώ tṑ hĭstorĭkṓ	οἱ ῐ̔στορῐκοί hoi hĭstorĭkoí
Genitive	τοῦ ῐ̔στορῐκοῦ toû hĭstorĭkoû	τοῖν ῐ̔στορῐκοῖν toîn hĭstorĭkoîn	τῶν ῐ̔στορῐκῶν tôn hĭstorĭkôn
Dative	τῷ ῐ̔στορῐκῷ tôi hĭstorĭkôi	τοῖν ῐ̔στορῐκοῖν toîn hĭstorĭkoîn	τοῖς ῐ̔στορῐκοῖς toîs hĭstorĭkoîs
Accusative	τὸν ῐ̔στορῐκόν tòn hĭstorĭkón	τὼ ῐ̔στορῐκώ tṑ hĭstorĭkṓ	τοὺς ῐ̔στορῐκούς toùs hĭstorĭkoús
Vocative	ῐ̔στορῐκέ hĭstorĭké	ῐ̔στορῐκώ hĭstorĭkṓ	ῐ̔στορῐκοί hĭstorĭkoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Catalan: històric
• Latin: historicus
• → English: historic, historical
• French: historique
• Galician: histórico
• Italian: storico
• Occitan: istoric
• Portuguese: histórico
• Romanian: istoric
• Spanish: histórico

References

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