Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δοτικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δοτικός δοτική δοτικόν

Structure: δοτικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. inclined to give, giving freely
  2. (elliptically for δοτική πτῶσις ‎(ptôsis)) the dative case

Examples

  • ἡ δὲ δοτικὴ ταρίχει ὡσ ξίφει. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 3, book 3, chapter 89 3:8)
  • , ἐν Σφηξὶ δ’ ἡ δοτική· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 54 1:10)
  • ἡ φθειρσί δοτικὴ συνέστη παρὰ Ἀρχιλόχω· (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , unknown56)
  • πλάγιαι δὲ πτώσεισ εἰσὶ γενικὴ καὶ δοτικὴ καὶ αἰτιατική. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. a'. ZHNWN 65:2)

Synonyms

  1. inclined to give

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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