ἐφηβικός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἐφᾱβῐκός (ephābikós) — Doric

Etymology

From ἔφηβος (éphēbos, “adolescent”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pʰɛː.bi.kós/ → /e.ɸi.βiˈkos/ → /e.fi.viˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pʰɛː.bi.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.pʰe̝.biˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.ɸi.βiˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.fi.viˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.fi.viˈkos/

Adjective

ἐφηβῐκός • (ephēbikós) m (feminine ἐφηβῐκή, neuter ἐφηβῐκόν); first/second declension

1. ephebic

Inflection

First and second declension of ἐφηβῐκός; ἐφηβῐκή; ἐφηβῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐφηβῐκός ephēbikós	ἐφηβῐκή ephēbikḗ	ἐφηβῐκόν ephēbikón		ἐφηβῐκώ ephēbikṓ	ἐφηβῐκᾱ́ ephēbikā́	ἐφηβῐκώ ephēbikṓ		ἐφηβῐκοί ephēbikoí	ἐφηβῐκαί ephēbikaí	ἐφηβῐκᾰ́ ephēbiká
Genitive		ἐφηβῐκοῦ ephēbikoû	ἐφηβῐκῆς ephēbikês	ἐφηβῐκοῦ ephēbikoû		ἐφηβῐκοῖν ephēbikoîn	ἐφηβῐκαῖν ephēbikaîn	ἐφηβῐκοῖν ephēbikoîn		ἐφηβῐκῶν ephēbikôn	ἐφηβῐκῶν ephēbikôn	ἐφηβῐκῶν ephēbikôn
Dative		ἐφηβῐκῷ ephēbikôi	ἐφηβῐκῇ ephēbikêi	ἐφηβῐκῷ ephēbikôi		ἐφηβῐκοῖν ephēbikoîn	ἐφηβῐκαῖν ephēbikaîn	ἐφηβῐκοῖν ephēbikoîn		ἐφηβῐκοῖς ephēbikoîs	ἐφηβῐκαῖς ephēbikaîs	ἐφηβῐκοῖς ephēbikoîs
Accusative		ἐφηβῐκόν ephēbikón	ἐφηβῐκήν ephēbikḗn	ἐφηβῐκόν ephēbikón		ἐφηβῐκώ ephēbikṓ	ἐφηβῐκᾱ́ ephēbikā́	ἐφηβῐκώ ephēbikṓ		ἐφηβῐκούς ephēbikoús	ἐφηβῐκᾱ́ς ephēbikā́s	ἐφηβῐκᾰ́ ephēbiká
Vocative		ἐφηβῐκέ ephēbiké	ἐφηβῐκή ephēbikḗ	ἐφηβῐκόν ephēbikón		ἐφηβῐκώ ephēbikṓ	ἐφηβῐκᾱ́ ephēbikā́	ἐφηβῐκώ ephēbikṓ		ἐφηβῐκοί ephēbikoí	ἐφηβῐκαί ephēbikaí	ἐφηβῐκᾰ́ ephēbiká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἐφηβῐκῶς ephēbikôs				ἐφηβῐκώτερος ephēbikṓteros				ἐφηβῐκώτᾰτος ephēbikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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