ποιμενικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ποιμήν (poimḗn, shepherd) + -ικός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

ποιμενῐκός • (poimenikós) m (feminine ποιμενῐκή, neuter ποιμενῐκόν); first/second declension

  1. Pertaining to a shepherd.
    • 93/94, Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, 1, 53, in Henry St. John Thackeray (tr. & ed.), Josephus with an English translation, vol. 4 (Jewish Antiquities, books I–IV), LCL, pages 24-25. Translation by Thackeray, including in square brackets his footnote.
      Ἄβελος μὲν γὰρ ὁ νεώτερος δικαιοσύνης ἐπεμελεῖτο καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ πραττομένοις παρεῖναι τὸν θεὸν νομίζων ἀρετῆς προενόει, ποιμενικὸς δ’ ἦν ὁ βίος αὐτῷ:
      Ábelos mèn gàr ho neṓteros dikaiosúnēs epemeleîto kaì pâsi toîs hup’ autoû prattoménois pareînai tòn theòn nomízōn aretês proenóei, poimenikòs d’ ên ho bíos autôi:
      Abel, the younger, had respect for justice [Or "righteousness".] and, believing that God was with him in all his actions, paid heed to virtue ; he led the life of a shepherd.

Inflection

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek ποιμενικός (poimenikós).[1] By surface analysis, ποιμένας (poiménas) + -ικός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pi.me.niˈkos/
  • Hyphenation: ποι‧με‧νι‧κός

Adjective

ποιμενικός • (poimenikós) m (feminine ποιμενική, neuter ποιμενικό)

  1. shepherd's, pastoral (of or pertaining to shepherds)

Declension

Derived terms

  • ποιμενικό n (poimenikó)

References

  1. ποιμενικός - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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