ὀνομαστική

See also: ονομαστική

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀνομᾰστῐκός (onomăstĭkós): as a noun, a substantivisation of its feminine forms in elliptical use for ἡ ὀνομᾰστῐκὴ πτῶσις (hē onomăstĭkḕ ptôsis); as an adjective, regularly declined forms.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.no.mas.ti.kɛ̌ː/ → /o.no.mas.tiˈci/ → /o.no.mas.tiˈci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.no.mas.ti.kɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /o.no.mas.tiˈke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.no.mas.tiˈci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.no.mas.tiˈci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.no.mas.tiˈci/

Noun

ὀνομᾰστῐκή • (onomăstĭkḗ) f (genitive ὀνομᾰστῐκῆς); first declension

1. (grammar) Ellipsis of πτῶσις ὀνομαστική (ptôsis onomastikḗ, “nominative case”, literally “naming case”).

Declension

First declension of ἡ ὀνομᾰστῐκή; τῆς ὀνομᾰστῐκῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ὀνομᾰστῐκή hē onomăstĭkḗ	τὼ ὀνομᾰστῐκᾱ́ tṑ onomăstĭkā́	αἱ ὀνομᾰστῐκαί hai onomăstĭkaí
Genitive	τῆς ὀνομᾰστῐκῆς tês onomăstĭkês	τοῖν ὀνομᾰστῐκαῖν toîn onomăstĭkaîn	τῶν ὀνομᾰστῐκῶν tôn onomăstĭkôn
Dative	τῇ ὀνομᾰστῐκῇ têi onomăstĭkêi	τοῖν ὀνομᾰστῐκαῖν toîn onomăstĭkaîn	ταῖς ὀνομᾰστῐκαῖς taîs onomăstĭkaîs
Accusative	τὴν ὀνομᾰστῐκήν tḕn onomăstĭkḗn	τὼ ὀνομᾰστῐκᾱ́ tṑ onomăstĭkā́	τᾱ̀ς ὀνομᾰστῐκᾱ́ς tā̀s onomăstĭkā́s
Vocative	ὀνομᾰστῐκή onomăstĭkḗ	ὀνομᾰστῐκᾱ́ onomăstĭkā́	ὀνομᾰστῐκαί onomăstĭkaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: ονομαστική (onomastikí)
• → Latin: nōminātīvus (calque)

Adjective

ὀνομᾰστῐκή • (onomăstĭkḗ)

1. nominative singular feminine of ὀνομᾰστῐκός (onomăstĭkós)
2. vocative singular feminine of ὀνομᾰστῐκός (onomăstĭkós)

Further reading

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