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ιστορικός
historical /isto.ɾiˈkos/
adjectiveB1#1171 most common
Also: historic, historian (as a substantivized noun)
Example sentences
Η Ακρόπολη είναι ένα ιστορικό μνημείο.
The Acropolis is a historical monument.
Ο παππούς μου είναι ιστορικός και διδάσκει στο πανεπιστήμιο.
My grandfather is a historian and teaches at university.
Η Ελλάδα έχει πολλά ιστορικά μέρη που αξίζει να επισκεφτείς.
Greece has many historical places worth visiting.
Οι ιστορικοί διαφωνούν για τα αίτια του πολέμου.
Historians disagree about the causes of the war.
Η υπογραφή της συνθήκης ήταν μια ιστορική στιγμή για τη χώρα.
The signing of the treaty was a historic moment for the country.
Ο ιστορικός ισχυρίστηκε ότι τα νέα στοιχεία ανατρέπουν την επικρατούσα ιστορική αφήγηση.
The historian claimed that the new evidence overturns the prevailing historical narrative.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ιστορικός | ιστορικοί |
| Genitive | ιστορικού | ιστορικών |
| Accusative | ιστορικό | ιστορικούς |
| Vocative | ιστορικέ | ιστορικοί |
Word family
ιστορίαhistory
ιστορικάhistorically
ιστορώto narrate, recount
προϊστορικόςprehistoric
ιστοριογράφοςhistoriographer
Etymology
The word comes from Ancient Greek ἱστορικός, built on ἱστορία, meaning inquiry or knowledge gained by inquiry, which later narrowed to "history." That noun traces back to ἵστωρ, an old word for a knowing or learned person. The root behind it is the same one that gives Greek words for seeing and knowing, since in early Greek thought, to know something well was tied to having seen it.
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