λυτικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

λύω (lúō, “loosen”) +‎ -τῐκός (-tikós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ly.ti.kós/ → /ly.tiˈkos/ → /li.tiˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ly.ti.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ly.tiˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ly.tiˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ly.tiˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /li.tiˈkos/

Adjective

λῠτῐκός • (lutikós) m (feminine λῠτῐκή, neuter λῠτῐκόν); first/second declension

1. able to loose, laxative
   • 250 CE – 350 CE, Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 3.92c
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Problems 949a5
2. antidote to a poison
   • 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants 9.16.5
3. dispersive of inflammation
   • 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 11.751
4. (of arguments) able to refute, confutative
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Rhetoric 1403a.25

Declension

First and second declension of λῠτῐκός; λῠτῐκή; λῠτῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		λῠτῐκός lutikós	λῠτῐκή lutikḗ	λῠτῐκόν lutikón		λῠτῐκώ lutikṓ	λῠτῐκᾱ́ lutikā́	λῠτῐκώ lutikṓ		λῠτῐκοί lutikoí	λῠτῐκαί lutikaí	λῠτῐκᾰ́ lutiká
Genitive		λῠτῐκοῦ lutikoû	λῠτῐκῆς lutikês	λῠτῐκοῦ lutikoû		λῠτῐκοῖν lutikoîn	λῠτῐκαῖν lutikaîn	λῠτῐκοῖν lutikoîn		λῠτῐκῶν lutikôn	λῠτῐκῶν lutikôn	λῠτῐκῶν lutikôn
Dative		λῠτῐκῷ lutikôi	λῠτῐκῇ lutikêi	λῠτῐκῷ lutikôi		λῠτῐκοῖν lutikoîn	λῠτῐκαῖν lutikaîn	λῠτῐκοῖν lutikoîn		λῠτῐκοῖς lutikoîs	λῠτῐκαῖς lutikaîs	λῠτῐκοῖς lutikoîs
Accusative		λῠτῐκόν lutikón	λῠτῐκήν lutikḗn	λῠτῐκόν lutikón		λῠτῐκώ lutikṓ	λῠτῐκᾱ́ lutikā́	λῠτῐκώ lutikṓ		λῠτῐκούς lutikoús	λῠτῐκᾱ́ς lutikā́s	λῠτῐκᾰ́ lutiká
Vocative		λῠτῐκέ lutiké	λῠτῐκή lutikḗ	λῠτῐκόν lutikón		λῠτῐκώ lutikṓ	λῠτῐκᾱ́ lutikā́	λῠτῐκώ lutikṓ		λῠτῐκοί lutikoí	λῠτῐκαί lutikaí	λῠτῐκᾰ́ lutiká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		λῠτῐκῶς lutikôs				λῠτῐκώτερος lutikṓteros				λῠτῐκώτᾰτος lutikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: haemolyticus, saccharolyticus

References

• “λυτικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press