ὀνομαστική

See also: ονομαστική

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀνομᾰστῐκός (onomastikós): as a noun, a substantivisation of its feminine forms in elliptical use for ἡ ὀνομᾰστῐκὴ πτῶσις (hē onomastikḕ 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 • (onomastikḗ) 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 onomastikḗ	τὼ ὀνομᾰστῐκᾱ́ tṑ onomastikā́	αἱ ὀνομᾰστῐκαί hai onomastikaí
Genitive	τῆς ὀνομᾰστῐκῆς tês onomastikês	τοῖν ὀνομᾰστῐκαῖν toîn onomastikaîn	τῶν ὀνομᾰστῐκῶν tôn onomastikôn
Dative	τῇ ὀνομᾰστῐκῇ têi onomastikêi	τοῖν ὀνομᾰστῐκαῖν toîn onomastikaîn	ταῖς ὀνομᾰστῐκαῖς taîs onomastikaîs
Accusative	τὴν ὀνομᾰστῐκήν tḕn onomastikḗn	τὼ ὀνομᾰστῐκᾱ́ tṑ onomastikā́	τᾱ̀ς ὀνομᾰστῐκᾱ́ς tā̀s onomastikā́s
Vocative	ὀνομᾰστῐκή onomastikḗ	ὀνομᾰστῐκᾱ́ onomastikā́	ὀνομᾰστῐκαί onomastikaí
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 • (onomastikḗ)

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

Further reading

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