ἐρωτικός

See also: ερωτικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἔρως (érōs, “love”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ĭkós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.rɔː.ti.kós/ → /e.ro.tiˈkos/ → /e.ro.tiˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.rɔː.ti.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.ro.tiˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.ro.tiˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.ro.tiˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.ro.tiˈkos/

Adjective

ἐρωτῐκός • (erōtĭkós) m (feminine ἐρωτῐκή, neuter ἐρωτῐκόν); first/second declension

1. related to love, erotic
2. (of persons) amorous

Inflection

First and second declension of ἐρωτῐκός; ἐρωτῐκή; ἐρωτῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐρωτῐκός erōtĭkós	ἐρωτῐκή erōtĭkḗ	ἐρωτῐκόν erōtĭkón		ἐρωτῐκώ erōtĭkṓ	ἐρωτῐκᾱ́ erōtĭkā́	ἐρωτῐκώ erōtĭkṓ		ἐρωτῐκοί erōtĭkoí	ἐρωτῐκαί erōtĭkaí	ἐρωτῐκᾰ́ erōtĭkắ
Genitive		ἐρωτῐκοῦ erōtĭkoû	ἐρωτῐκῆς erōtĭkês	ἐρωτῐκοῦ erōtĭkoû		ἐρωτῐκοῖν erōtĭkoîn	ἐρωτῐκαῖν erōtĭkaîn	ἐρωτῐκοῖν erōtĭkoîn		ἐρωτῐκῶν erōtĭkôn	ἐρωτῐκῶν erōtĭkôn	ἐρωτῐκῶν erōtĭkôn
Dative		ἐρωτῐκῷ erōtĭkôi	ἐρωτῐκῇ erōtĭkêi	ἐρωτῐκῷ erōtĭkôi		ἐρωτῐκοῖν erōtĭkoîn	ἐρωτῐκαῖν erōtĭkaîn	ἐρωτῐκοῖν erōtĭkoîn		ἐρωτῐκοῖς erōtĭkoîs	ἐρωτῐκαῖς erōtĭkaîs	ἐρωτῐκοῖς erōtĭkoîs
Accusative		ἐρωτῐκόν erōtĭkón	ἐρωτῐκήν erōtĭkḗn	ἐρωτῐκόν erōtĭkón		ἐρωτῐκώ erōtĭkṓ	ἐρωτῐκᾱ́ erōtĭkā́	ἐρωτῐκώ erōtĭkṓ		ἐρωτῐκούς erōtĭkoús	ἐρωτῐκᾱ́ς erōtĭkā́s	ἐρωτῐκᾰ́ erōtĭkắ
Vocative		ἐρωτῐκέ erōtĭké	ἐρωτῐκή erōtĭkḗ	ἐρωτῐκόν erōtĭkón		ἐρωτῐκώ erōtĭkṓ	ἐρωτῐκᾱ́ erōtĭkā́	ἐρωτῐκώ erōtĭkṓ		ἐρωτῐκοί erōtĭkoí	ἐρωτῐκαί erōtĭkaí	ἐρωτῐκᾰ́ erōtĭkắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἐρωτῐκῶς erōtĭkôs				ἐρωτῐκώτερος erōtĭkṓteros				ἐρωτῐκώτᾰτος erōtĭkṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἐρωτικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐρωτικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐρωτικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • amatory idem, page 26.
  • amorous idem, page 28.
  • erotic idem, page 281.
  • love idem, page 502.
  • pomantic idem, page 625.
  • sentimental idem, page 754.
• “erotic”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.