ἀεικής
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἀϊκής (aïkḗs) — Poetic
- αἰκής (aikḗs) — Tragic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to become equal”). Cognate with ἐπιεικής (epieikḗs), ἔοικα (éoika), εἰκών (eikṓn).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.eː.kɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.iˈke̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.iˈcis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.iˈcis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.iˈcis/
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ἀεικής aeikḗs |
ἀεικές aeikés |
ἀεικεῖ aeikeî |
ἀεικεῖ aeikeî |
ἀεικεῖς aeikeîs |
ἀεικῆ aeikê | ||||||||
| Genitive | ἀεικοῦς aeikoûs |
ἀεικοῦς aeikoûs |
ἀεικοῖν aeikoîn |
ἀεικοῖν aeikoîn |
ἀεικῶν aeikôn |
ἀεικῶν aeikôn | ||||||||
| Dative | ἀεικεῖ aeikeî |
ἀεικεῖ aeikeî |
ἀεικοῖν aeikoîn |
ἀεικοῖν aeikoîn |
ἀεικέσῐ / ἀεικέσῐν aeikési(n) |
ἀεικέσῐ / ἀεικέσῐν aeikési(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | ἀεικῆ aeikê |
ἀεικές aeikés |
ἀεικεῖ aeikeî |
ἀεικεῖ aeikeî |
ἀεικεῖς aeikeîs |
ἀεικῆ aeikê | ||||||||
| Vocative | ἀεικές aeikés |
ἀεικές aeikés |
ἀεικεῖ aeikeî |
ἀεικεῖ aeikeî |
ἀεικεῖς aeikeîs |
ἀεικῆ aeikê | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ἀεικῶς aeikôs |
ἀεικέστερος aeikésteros |
ἀεικέστᾰτος aeikéstatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἀεικής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- disgraceful idem, page 233.
- ignominious idem, page 414.
- improper idem, page 424.
- indecorous idem, page 431.
- misbecoming idem, page 532.
- shameful idem, page 761.
- unbecoming idem, page 907.
- unseemly idem, page 931.
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