ὀνομαστικός

See also: ονομαστικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀνομάζω (onomázō, “to name”) +‎ -τικός (-tikós), from ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.no.mas.ti.kós/ → /o.no.mas.tiˈkos/ → /o.no.mas.tiˈkos/

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

Adjective

ὀνομᾰστῐκός • (onomăstĭkós) m (feminine ὀνομᾰστῐκή, neuter ὀνομᾰστῐκόν); first/second declension

1. good at naming
2. of or concerning naming
3. (elliptically for ὀνομαστική πτῶσις (ptôsis)) the nominative case

Inflection

First and second declension of ὀνομᾰστῐκός; ὀνομᾰστῐκή; ὀνομᾰστῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὀνομᾰστῐκός onomăstĭkós	ὀνομᾰστῐκή onomăstĭkḗ	ὀνομᾰστῐκόν onomăstĭkón		ὀνομᾰστῐκώ onomăstĭkṓ	ὀνομᾰστῐκᾱ́ onomăstĭkā́	ὀνομᾰστῐκώ onomăstĭkṓ		ὀνομᾰστῐκοί onomăstĭkoí	ὀνομᾰστῐκαί onomăstĭkaí	ὀνομᾰστῐκᾰ́ onomăstĭkắ
Genitive		ὀνομᾰστῐκοῦ onomăstĭkoû	ὀνομᾰστῐκῆς onomăstĭkês	ὀνομᾰστῐκοῦ onomăstĭkoû		ὀνομᾰστῐκοῖν onomăstĭkoîn	ὀνομᾰστῐκαῖν onomăstĭkaîn	ὀνομᾰστῐκοῖν onomăstĭkoîn		ὀνομᾰστῐκῶν onomăstĭkôn	ὀνομᾰστῐκῶν onomăstĭkôn	ὀνομᾰστῐκῶν onomăstĭkôn
Dative		ὀνομᾰστῐκῷ onomăstĭkôi	ὀνομᾰστῐκῇ onomăstĭkêi	ὀνομᾰστῐκῷ onomăstĭkôi		ὀνομᾰστῐκοῖν onomăstĭkoîn	ὀνομᾰστῐκαῖν onomăstĭkaîn	ὀνομᾰστῐκοῖν onomăstĭkoîn		ὀνομᾰστῐκοῖς onomăstĭkoîs	ὀνομᾰστῐκαῖς onomăstĭkaîs	ὀνομᾰστῐκοῖς onomăstĭkoîs
Accusative		ὀνομᾰστῐκόν onomăstĭkón	ὀνομᾰστῐκήν onomăstĭkḗn	ὀνομᾰστῐκόν onomăstĭkón		ὀνομᾰστῐκώ onomăstĭkṓ	ὀνομᾰστῐκᾱ́ onomăstĭkā́	ὀνομᾰστῐκώ onomăstĭkṓ		ὀνομᾰστῐκούς onomăstĭkoús	ὀνομᾰστῐκᾱ́ς onomăstĭkā́s	ὀνομᾰστῐκᾰ́ onomăstĭkắ
Vocative		ὀνομᾰστῐκέ onomăstĭké	ὀνομᾰστῐκή onomăstĭkḗ	ὀνομᾰστῐκόν onomăstĭkón		ὀνομᾰστῐκώ onomăstĭkṓ	ὀνομᾰστῐκᾱ́ onomăstĭkā́	ὀνομᾰστῐκώ onomăstĭkṓ		ὀνομᾰστῐκοί onomăstĭkoí	ὀνομᾰστῐκαί onomăstĭkaí	ὀνομᾰστῐκᾰ́ onomăstĭkắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ὀνομᾰστῐκῶς onomăstĭkôs				ὀνομᾰστῐκώτερος onomăstĭkṓteros				ὀνομᾰστῐκώτᾰτος onomăstĭkṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• ἀντονομαστικός (antonomastikós)

Descendants

• → English: onomastic
• → French: onomastique
• Greek: ονομαστικός (onomastikós)
• → Italian: onomastico

Further reading

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