Etymology

From Byzantine GreekCategory:Greek terms inherited from Byzantine Greek#ΔΙΚΟΣCategory:Greek terms derived from Byzantine Greek#ΔΙΚΟΣ δικός (dikós), from Ancient GreekCategory:Greek terms inherited from Ancient Greek#ΔΙΚΟΣCategory:Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek#ΔΙΚΟΣ ἰδικός (idikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðiˈkos/Category:Greek terms with IPA pronunciation#ΔΙΚΟΣ
• Hyphenation: δι‧κός

Pronoun

δικός • (dikós) m (feminine δική or δικιά, neuter δικό)Category:Greek lemmas#ΔΙΚΟΣCategory:Greek pronouns#ΔΙΚΟΣCategory:Greek entries with incorrect language header#ΔΙΚΟΣCategory:Pages with entries#ΔΙΚΟΣCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ΔΙΚΟΣ  a possessive adjective

1. (followed by possessive pronoun) mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs

   Αυτός είναι δικός μου. ― Aftós eínai dikós mou. ― That's mine.Category:Greek terms with usage examples#ΔΙΚΟΣ

   Ποια φούστα είναι δικιά σου; ― Poia foústa eínai dikiá sou? ― Which skirt is yours?Category:Greek terms with usage examples#ΔΙΚΟΣ

   Να η δικιά μου! ― Na i dikiá mou! ― There's mine!Category:Greek terms with usage examples#ΔΙΚΟΣ

   Αυτές είναι οι δικές μου καραμέλες. Εσύ έφαγες όλες τις δικές σου. ― Aftés eínai oi dikés mou karaméles. Esý éfages óles tis dikés sou. ― Those are my own sweets. You ate all of yours.Category:Greek terms with usage examples#ΔΙΚΟΣ

2. (usually preceded by the article and followed by possessive pronoun) my, your, his, her, its, our, their (emphatic form)

   Ο δικός μου σκύλος ― O dikós mou skýlos ― My (own) dog.Category:Greek terms with usage examples#ΔΙΚΟΣ

   Ποιο είναι καλύτερο, το δικό σου ή το δικό μου σπίτι; ― Poio eínai kalýtero, to dikó sou í to dikó mou spíti? ― Which is better, my house or yours?Category:Greek terms with usage examples#ΔΙΚΟΣ

   Οι δικοί μου άνθρωποι δεν συμπεριφέρονται έτσι. ― Oi dikoí mou ánthropoi den symperiférontai étsi. ― My people don't behave like that.Category:Greek terms with usage examples#ΔΙΚΟΣ

Further reading

• δικός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language