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ιδανικός
ideal /i.ða.niˈkos/
adjectiveB2#2272 most common
Also: perfect, optimal
Example sentences
Αυτό το μέρος είναι ιδανικό για διακοπές.
This place is ideal for a vacation.
Είναι ο ιδανικός σύντροφος για μένα.
He is the ideal partner for me.
Ο καιρός σήμερα είναι ιδανικός για μια βόλτα στην παραλία.
The weather today is ideal for a walk on the beach.
Δεν υπάρχει ιδανική λύση σε αυτό το πρόβλημα.
There is no ideal solution to this problem.
Στην ιδανική περίπτωση, η κυβέρνηση θα μείωνε τους φόρους χωρίς να αυξήσει το έλλειμμα.
Ideally, the government would cut taxes without raising the deficit.
Ο φιλόσοφος περιέγραψε μια ιδανική πολιτεία όπου η δικαιοσύνη επικρατεί απόλυτα.
The philosopher described an ideal state where justice prevails absolutely.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ιδανικός | ιδανικοί |
| Genitive | ιδανικού | ιδανικών |
| Accusative | ιδανικό | ιδανικούς |
| Vocative | ιδανικέ | ιδανικοί |
Word family
Etymology
Ιδανικός was built in the 19th century on the ancient noun ιδέα, "form" or "idea", to match new European words like French idéal and German ideal. The base ιδέα itself goes back to the verb ἰδεῖν, "to see", since a Platonic ιδέα was the true form one perceives with the mind. The word entered Modern Greek as part of the wave of learned coinages during the language's westward-facing revival.
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