θεραπευτικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θερᾰπευτής (therapeutḗs, “attendant”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰe.ra.peu̯.ti.kós/ → /θe.ra.peɸ.tiˈkos/ → /θe.ra.pef.tiˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰe.ra.peu̯.ti.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰe.ra.pew.tiˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θe.ra.peɸ.tiˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θe.ra.pef.tiˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θe.ra.pef.tiˈkos/

Adjective

θερᾰπευτῐκός • (therapeutikós) m (feminine θερᾰπευτῐκή, neuter θερᾰπευτῐκόν); first/second declension

1. inclined to serve, servile
2. (in good and bad sense) courteous, obsequious
3. inclined to take care of, careful of
4. (of medical treatment) therapeutic, curative

Inflection

First and second declension of θερᾰπευτῐκός; θερᾰπευτῐκή; θερᾰπευτῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		θερᾰπευτῐκός therapeutikós	θερᾰπευτῐκή therapeutikḗ	θερᾰπευτῐκόν therapeutikón		θερᾰπευτῐκώ therapeutikṓ	θερᾰπευτῐκᾱ́ therapeutikā́	θερᾰπευτῐκώ therapeutikṓ		θερᾰπευτῐκοί therapeutikoí	θερᾰπευτῐκαί therapeutikaí	θερᾰπευτῐκᾰ́ therapeutiká
Genitive		θερᾰπευτῐκοῦ therapeutikoû	θερᾰπευτῐκῆς therapeutikês	θερᾰπευτῐκοῦ therapeutikoû		θερᾰπευτῐκοῖν therapeutikoîn	θερᾰπευτῐκαῖν therapeutikaîn	θερᾰπευτῐκοῖν therapeutikoîn		θερᾰπευτῐκῶν therapeutikôn	θερᾰπευτῐκῶν therapeutikôn	θερᾰπευτῐκῶν therapeutikôn
Dative		θερᾰπευτῐκῷ therapeutikôi	θερᾰπευτῐκῇ therapeutikêi	θερᾰπευτῐκῷ therapeutikôi		θερᾰπευτῐκοῖν therapeutikoîn	θερᾰπευτῐκαῖν therapeutikaîn	θερᾰπευτῐκοῖν therapeutikoîn		θερᾰπευτῐκοῖς therapeutikoîs	θερᾰπευτῐκαῖς therapeutikaîs	θερᾰπευτῐκοῖς therapeutikoîs
Accusative		θερᾰπευτῐκόν therapeutikón	θερᾰπευτῐκήν therapeutikḗn	θερᾰπευτῐκόν therapeutikón		θερᾰπευτῐκώ therapeutikṓ	θερᾰπευτῐκᾱ́ therapeutikā́	θερᾰπευτῐκώ therapeutikṓ		θερᾰπευτῐκούς therapeutikoús	θερᾰπευτῐκᾱ́ς therapeutikā́s	θερᾰπευτῐκᾰ́ therapeutiká
Vocative		θερᾰπευτῐκέ therapeutiké	θερᾰπευτῐκή therapeutikḗ	θερᾰπευτῐκόν therapeutikón		θερᾰπευτῐκώ therapeutikṓ	θερᾰπευτῐκᾱ́ therapeutikā́	θερᾰπευτῐκώ therapeutikṓ		θερᾰπευτῐκοί therapeutikoí	θερᾰπευτῐκαί therapeutikaí	θερᾰπευτῐκᾰ́ therapeutiká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		θερᾰπευτῐκῶς therapeutikôs				θερᾰπευτῐκώτερος therapeutikṓteros				θερᾰπευτῐκώτᾰτος therapeutikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: therapeutic
• → Italian: terapeutico

Further reading

• “θεραπευτικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “θεραπευτικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• θεραπευτικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette