γνωστικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃tisder.

Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis)

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Ancient Greek -σις (-sis)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

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Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Ancient Greek -τος (-tos)

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Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

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Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós)

Ancient Greek γνωστικός

From γνῶσις (gnôsis, “knowledge, knowing”) +‎ -τῐκός (-tĭkós).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡnɔːs.ti.kós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡnos.tiˈkos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣnos.tiˈkos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣnos.tiˈkos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣnos.tiˈkos/

Adjective

γνωστῐκός • (gnōstĭkós) m (feminine γνωστῐκή, neuter γνωστῐκόν); first/second declension

of or for knowing, cognitive

Inflection

First and second declension of γνωστῐκός; γνωστῐκή; γνωστῐκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	γνωστῐκός gnōstĭkós	γνωστῐκή gnōstĭkḗ	γνωστῐκόν gnōstĭkón	γνωστῐκώ gnōstĭkṓ	γνωστῐκᾱ́ gnōstĭkā́	γνωστῐκώ gnōstĭkṓ	γνωστῐκοί gnōstĭkoí	γνωστῐκαί gnōstĭkaí	γνωστῐκᾰ́ gnōstĭkắ
Genitive	γνωστῐκοῦ gnōstĭkoû	γνωστῐκῆς gnōstĭkês	γνωστῐκοῦ gnōstĭkoû	γνωστῐκοῖν gnōstĭkoîn	γνωστῐκαῖν gnōstĭkaîn	γνωστῐκοῖν gnōstĭkoîn	γνωστῐκῶν gnōstĭkôn	γνωστῐκῶν gnōstĭkôn	γνωστῐκῶν gnōstĭkôn
Dative	γνωστῐκῷ gnōstĭkōî	γνωστῐκῇ gnōstĭkēî	γνωστῐκῷ gnōstĭkōî	γνωστῐκοῖν gnōstĭkoîn	γνωστῐκαῖν gnōstĭkaîn	γνωστῐκοῖν gnōstĭkoîn	γνωστῐκοῖς gnōstĭkoîs	γνωστῐκαῖς gnōstĭkaîs	γνωστῐκοῖς gnōstĭkoîs
Accusative	γνωστῐκόν gnōstĭkón	γνωστῐκήν gnōstĭkḗn	γνωστῐκόν gnōstĭkón	γνωστῐκώ gnōstĭkṓ	γνωστῐκᾱ́ gnōstĭkā́	γνωστῐκώ gnōstĭkṓ	γνωστῐκούς gnōstĭkoús	γνωστῐκᾱ́ς gnōstĭkā́s	γνωστῐκᾰ́ gnōstĭkắ
Vocative	γνωστῐκέ gnōstĭké	γνωστῐκή gnōstĭkḗ	γνωστῐκόν gnōstĭkón	γνωστῐκώ gnōstĭkṓ	γνωστῐκᾱ́ gnōstĭkā́	γνωστῐκώ gnōstĭkṓ	γνωστῐκοί gnōstĭkoí	γνωστῐκαί gnōstĭkaí	γνωστῐκᾰ́ gnōstĭkắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	γνωστῐκῶς gnōstĭkôs			γνωστῐκώτερος gnōstĭkṓteros			γνωστῐκώτᾰτος gnōstĭkṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

ἀναγνωστικός (anagnōstikós)
διαγνωστικός (diagnōstikós)
ἐπιγνωστικός (epignōstikós)
καταγνωστικός (katagnōstikós)
προγνωστικός (prognōstikós)

Descendants

→ French: gnostique (learned)

References

“γνωστικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“γνωστικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
γνωστικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
γνωστικός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)