ἐσωτερικός

See also: εσωτερικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐσώτερος (esṓteros) +‎ -ικός (-ikós), from ἔσω (ésō, within) +‎ -τερος (-teros, contrastive or comparative suffix), from ἐς (es), εἰς (eis, “into”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.sɔː.te.ri.kós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.so.te.riˈkos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.so.te.riˈkos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.so.te.riˈkos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.so.te.riˈkos/

Adjective

ἐσωτερικός • (esōterikós) m (feminine ἐσωτερική, neuter ἐσωτερικόν); first/second declension

belonging to an inner circle, esoteric

Inflection

First and second declension of ἐσωτερῐκός; ἐσωτερῐκή; ἐσωτερῐκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἐσωτερῐκός esōterikós	ἐσωτερῐκή esōterikḗ	ἐσωτερῐκόν esōterikón	ἐσωτερῐκώ esōterikṓ	ἐσωτερῐκᾱ́ esōterikā́	ἐσωτερῐκώ esōterikṓ	ἐσωτερῐκοί esōterikoí	ἐσωτερῐκαί esōterikaí	ἐσωτερῐκᾰ́ esōteriká
Genitive	ἐσωτερῐκοῦ esōterikoû	ἐσωτερῐκῆς esōterikês	ἐσωτερῐκοῦ esōterikoû	ἐσωτερῐκοῖν esōterikoîn	ἐσωτερῐκαῖν esōterikaîn	ἐσωτερῐκοῖν esōterikoîn	ἐσωτερῐκῶν esōterikôn	ἐσωτερῐκῶν esōterikôn	ἐσωτερῐκῶν esōterikôn
Dative	ἐσωτερῐκῷ esōterikôi	ἐσωτερῐκῇ esōterikêi	ἐσωτερῐκῷ esōterikôi	ἐσωτερῐκοῖν esōterikoîn	ἐσωτερῐκαῖν esōterikaîn	ἐσωτερῐκοῖν esōterikoîn	ἐσωτερῐκοῖς esōterikoîs	ἐσωτερῐκαῖς esōterikaîs	ἐσωτερῐκοῖς esōterikoîs
Accusative	ἐσωτερῐκόν esōterikón	ἐσωτερῐκήν esōterikḗn	ἐσωτερῐκόν esōterikón	ἐσωτερῐκώ esōterikṓ	ἐσωτερῐκᾱ́ esōterikā́	ἐσωτερῐκώ esōterikṓ	ἐσωτερῐκούς esōterikoús	ἐσωτερῐκᾱ́ς esōterikā́s	ἐσωτερῐκᾰ́ esōteriká
Vocative	ἐσωτερῐκέ esōteriké	ἐσωτερῐκή esōterikḗ	ἐσωτερῐκόν esōterikón	ἐσωτερῐκώ esōterikṓ	ἐσωτερῐκᾱ́ esōterikā́	ἐσωτερῐκώ esōterikṓ	ἐσωτερῐκοί esōterikoí	ἐσωτερῐκαί esōterikaí	ἐσωτερῐκᾰ́ esōteriká
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ἐσωτερῐκῶς esōterikôs			ἐσωτερῐκώτερος esōterikṓteros			ἐσωτερῐκώτᾰτος esōterikṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

ἐξωτερικός (exōterikós, “exoteric”)

Descendants

English: esoteric
French: ésotérique
- → Romanian: ezoteric
- → Turkish: ezoterik
Greek: εσωτερικός (esoterikós)
Portuguese: esotérico
Spanish: esotérico

References

“ἐσωτερικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἐσωτερικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

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