θηλυκός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θῆλῠς (thêlus, “woman”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰɛː.ly.kós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰe̝.lyˈkos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θi.lyˈkos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θi.lyˈkos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θi.liˈkos/

Adjective

θηλῠκός • (thēlukós) m (feminine θηλῠκή, neuter θηλῠκόν); first/second declension

Inflection

First and second declension of θηλῠκός; θηλῠκή; θηλῠκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	θηλῠκός thēlukós	θηλῠκή thēlukḗ	θηλῠκόν thēlukón	θηλῠκώ thēlukṓ	θηλῠκᾱ́ thēlukā́	θηλῠκώ thēlukṓ	θηλῠκοί thēlukoí	θηλῠκαί thēlukaí	θηλῠκᾰ́ thēluká
Genitive	θηλῠκοῦ thēlukoû	θηλῠκῆς thēlukês	θηλῠκοῦ thēlukoû	θηλῠκοῖν thēlukoîn	θηλῠκαῖν thēlukaîn	θηλῠκοῖν thēlukoîn	θηλῠκῶν thēlukôn	θηλῠκῶν thēlukôn	θηλῠκῶν thēlukôn
Dative	θηλῠκῷ thēlukôi	θηλῠκῇ thēlukêi	θηλῠκῷ thēlukôi	θηλῠκοῖν thēlukoîn	θηλῠκαῖν thēlukaîn	θηλῠκοῖν thēlukoîn	θηλῠκοῖς thēlukoîs	θηλῠκαῖς thēlukaîs	θηλῠκοῖς thēlukoîs
Accusative	θηλῠκόν thēlukón	θηλῠκήν thēlukḗn	θηλῠκόν thēlukón	θηλῠκώ thēlukṓ	θηλῠκᾱ́ thēlukā́	θηλῠκώ thēlukṓ	θηλῠκούς thēlukoús	θηλῠκᾱ́ς thēlukā́s	θηλῠκᾰ́ thēluká
Vocative	θηλῠκέ thēluké	θηλῠκή thēlukḗ	θηλῠκόν thēlukón	θηλῠκώ thēlukṓ	θηλῠκᾱ́ thēlukā́	θηλῠκώ thēlukṓ	θηλῠκοί thēlukoí	θηλῠκαί thēlukaí	θηλῠκᾰ́ thēluká
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	θηλῠκῶς thēlukôs			θηλῠκώτερος thēlukṓteros			θηλῠκώτᾰτος thēlukṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: θηλυκός (thilykós)

Greek

Adjective

θηλυκός • (thilykós) m (feminine θηλυκή or θηλυκιά, neuter θηλυκό)

female (feminine gender)
feminine (female person or animal)

Declension

Declension of θηλυκός

number case \ gender	singular			plural
number case \ gender	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	θηλυκός •	θηλυκή • / θηλυκιά •	θηλυκό •	θηλυκοί •	θηλυκές •	θηλυκά •
genitive	θηλυκού •	θηλυκής • / θηλυκιάς •	θηλυκού •	θηλυκών •	θηλυκών •	θηλυκών •
accusative	θηλυκό •	θηλυκή • / θηλυκιά •	θηλυκό •	θηλυκούς •	θηλυκές •	θηλυκά •
vocative	θηλυκέ •	θηλυκή • / θηλυκιά •	θηλυκό •	θηλυκοί •	θηλυκές •	θηλυκά •
derivations	Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο θηλυκός, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο θηλυκός, etc.)
notes	the alternative feminine forms θηλυκιά and θηλυκιάς are colloquial

Coordinate terms

αρσενικός (arsenikós)
ουδέτερος (oudéteros)

θηλυκός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Inflection

Descendants

Further reading

Greek

Adjective

Declension

Coordinate terms

See also