ὁδοιπορικόν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὁδοιπορῐκός (hodoiporikós, “of or for a traveller”). As a noun, an ellipsis of τὸ ὁδοιπορῐκὸν βῐβλῐ́ον (tò hodoiporikòn biblíon, “the travellers’ book”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ho.doi̯.po.ri.kón/ → /o.ðy.po.riˈkon/ → /o.ði.po.riˈkon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ho.doi̯.po.ri.kón/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)o.dy.po.riˈkon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.ðy.po.riˈkon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.ðy.po.riˈkon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.ði.po.riˈkon/

Noun

ὁδοιπορῐκόν • (hodoiporikón) n (genitive ὁδοιπορῐκοῦ); second declension

1. a guide-book
   • Hieronym., Ep. 8.8
   • Hieronym., Gloss.

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ὁδοιπορῐκόν; τοῦ ὁδοιπορῐκοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὁδοιπορῐκόν tò hodoiporikón	τὼ ὁδοιπορῐκώ tṑ hodoiporikṓ	τᾰ̀ ὁδοιπορῐκᾰ́ tà hodoiporiká
Genitive	τοῦ ὁδοιπορῐκοῦ toû hodoiporikoû	τοῖν ὁδοιπορῐκοῖν toîn hodoiporikoîn	τῶν ὁδοιπορῐκῶν tôn hodoiporikôn
Dative	τῷ ὁδοιπορῐκῷ tôi hodoiporikôi	τοῖν ὁδοιπορῐκοῖν toîn hodoiporikoîn	τοῖς ὁδοιπορῐκοῖς toîs hodoiporikoîs
Accusative	τὸ ὁδοιπορῐκόν tò hodoiporikón	τὼ ὁδοιπορῐκώ tṑ hodoiporikṓ	τᾰ̀ ὁδοιπορῐκᾰ́ tà hodoiporiká
Vocative	ὁδοιπορῐκόν hodoiporikón	ὁδοιπορῐκώ hodoiporikṓ	ὁδοιπορῐκᾰ́ hodoiporiká
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: hodoeporicon

Adjective

ὁδοιπορῐκόν • (hodoiporikón)

1. nominative/accusative/vocative singular neuter of ὁδοιπορῐκός (hodoiporikós)
2. accusative singular masculine of ὁδοιπορῐκός (hodoiporikós)

Further reading

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