ἀφροδισιακός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ἀφροδίτη (Aphrodítē) +‎ -ακός (-akós).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ha.pʰro.di.si.a.kós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)a.pʰro.di.si.aˈkos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ɸro.ði.si.aˈkos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.fro.ði.si.aˈkos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.fro.ði.si.aˈkos/

Adjective

ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκός • (aphrodisiakós) m (feminine ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκή, neuter ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκόν); first/second declension

aphrodisiac

Declension

First and second declension of ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκός; ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκή; ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκός aphrodisiakós	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκή aphrodisiakḗ	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκόν aphrodisiakón	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκώ aphrodisiakṓ	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκᾱ́ aphrodisiakā́	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκώ aphrodisiakṓ	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκοί aphrodisiakoí	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκαί aphrodisiakaí	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκᾰ́ aphrodisiaká
Genitive	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκοῦ aphrodisiakoû	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκῆς aphrodisiakês	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκοῦ aphrodisiakoû	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκοῖν aphrodisiakoîn	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκαῖν aphrodisiakaîn	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκοῖν aphrodisiakoîn	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκῶν aphrodisiakôn	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκῶν aphrodisiakôn	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκῶν aphrodisiakôn
Dative	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκῷ aphrodisiakôi	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκῇ aphrodisiakêi	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκῷ aphrodisiakôi	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκοῖν aphrodisiakoîn	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκαῖν aphrodisiakaîn	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκοῖν aphrodisiakoîn	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκοῖς aphrodisiakoîs	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκαῖς aphrodisiakaîs	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκοῖς aphrodisiakoîs
Accusative	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκόν aphrodisiakón	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκήν aphrodisiakḗn	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκόν aphrodisiakón	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκώ aphrodisiakṓ	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκᾱ́ aphrodisiakā́	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκώ aphrodisiakṓ	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκούς aphrodisiakoús	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκᾱ́ς aphrodisiakā́s	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκᾰ́ aphrodisiaká
Vocative	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκέ aphrodisiaké	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκή aphrodisiakḗ	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκόν aphrodisiakón	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκώ aphrodisiakṓ	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκᾱ́ aphrodisiakā́	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκώ aphrodisiakṓ	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκοί aphrodisiakoí	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκαί aphrodisiakaí	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκᾰ́ aphrodisiaká
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκῶς aphrodisiakôs			ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκώτερος aphrodisiakṓteros			ἀφροδῐσῐᾰκώτᾰτος aphrodisiakṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: αφροδισιακός (afrodisiakós)
→ Latin: aphrodisiacus
- → English: aphrodisiac
- → French: aphrodisiaque