σπαστικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σπᾰ́σῐς (spásis, “drawing up, traction”) +‎ -τῐκός (-tikós), from σπᾰ́ω (spáō, “I draw, pull”).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

σπᾰστῐκός • (spastikós) m (feminine σπᾰστῐκή, neuter σπᾰστῐκόν); first/second declension

drawing in, absorbing

Inflection

First and second declension of σπᾰστῐκός; σπᾰστῐκή; σπᾰστῐκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	σπᾰστῐκός spastikós	σπᾰστῐκή spastikḗ	σπᾰστῐκόν spastikón	σπᾰστῐκώ spastikṓ	σπᾰστῐκᾱ́ spastikā́	σπᾰστῐκώ spastikṓ	σπᾰστῐκοί spastikoí	σπᾰστῐκαί spastikaí	σπᾰστῐκᾰ́ spastiká
Genitive	σπᾰστῐκοῦ spastikoû	σπᾰστῐκῆς spastikês	σπᾰστῐκοῦ spastikoû	σπᾰστῐκοῖν spastikoîn	σπᾰστῐκαῖν spastikaîn	σπᾰστῐκοῖν spastikoîn	σπᾰστῐκῶν spastikôn	σπᾰστῐκῶν spastikôn	σπᾰστῐκῶν spastikôn
Dative	σπᾰστῐκῷ spastikôi	σπᾰστῐκῇ spastikêi	σπᾰστῐκῷ spastikôi	σπᾰστῐκοῖν spastikoîn	σπᾰστῐκαῖν spastikaîn	σπᾰστῐκοῖν spastikoîn	σπᾰστῐκοῖς spastikoîs	σπᾰστῐκαῖς spastikaîs	σπᾰστῐκοῖς spastikoîs
Accusative	σπᾰστῐκόν spastikón	σπᾰστῐκήν spastikḗn	σπᾰστῐκόν spastikón	σπᾰστῐκώ spastikṓ	σπᾰστῐκᾱ́ spastikā́	σπᾰστῐκώ spastikṓ	σπᾰστῐκούς spastikoús	σπᾰστῐκᾱ́ς spastikā́s	σπᾰστῐκᾰ́ spastiká
Vocative	σπᾰστῐκέ spastiké	σπᾰστῐκή spastikḗ	σπᾰστῐκόν spastikón	σπᾰστῐκώ spastikṓ	σπᾰστῐκᾱ́ spastikā́	σπᾰστῐκώ spastikṓ	σπᾰστῐκοί spastikoí	σπᾰστῐκαί spastikaí	σπᾰστῐκᾰ́ spastiká
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	σπᾰστῐκῶς spastikôs			σπᾰστῐκώτερος spastikṓteros			σπᾰστῐκώτᾰτος spastikṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

σπᾰσμός (spasmós)

References

“σπαστικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
σπαστικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette