σπευστικός
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom σπεύδω (speúdō, “to hasten”) + -τικός (-tikós)
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /speu̯s.ti.kós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /spews.tiˈkos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /speɸs.tiˈkos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /spefs.tiˈkos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /spefs.tiˈkos/
Adjective
editσπευστῐκός • (speustikós) m (feminine σπευστῐκή, neuter σπευστῐκόν); first/second declension
- hasty, expeditious
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 4.1125a.34:
- οὐ γὰρ σπευστικὸς ὁ περὶ ὀλίγα σπουδάζων, οὐδὲ σύντονος ὁ μηδὲν μέγα οἰόμενος·
- ou gàr speustikòs ho perì olíga spoudázōn, oudè súntonos ho mēdèn méga oiómenos;
- Translation by D. P. Chase
- for he who is earnest about few things is not likely to be in a hurry, nor he who esteems nothing great to be very intent
- οὐ γὰρ σπευστικὸς ὁ περὶ ὀλίγα σπουδάζων, οὐδὲ σύντονος ὁ μηδὲν μέγα οἰόμενος·
Declension
editNumber | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | σπευστῐκός speustikós |
σπευστῐκή speustikḗ |
σπευστῐκόν speustikón |
σπευστῐκώ speustikṓ |
σπευστῐκᾱ́ speustikā́ |
σπευστῐκώ speustikṓ |
σπευστῐκοί speustikoí |
σπευστῐκαί speustikaí |
σπευστῐκᾰ́ speustiká | |||||
Genitive | σπευστῐκοῦ speustikoû |
σπευστῐκῆς speustikês |
σπευστῐκοῦ speustikoû |
σπευστῐκοῖν speustikoîn |
σπευστῐκαῖν speustikaîn |
σπευστῐκοῖν speustikoîn |
σπευστῐκῶν speustikôn |
σπευστῐκῶν speustikôn |
σπευστῐκῶν speustikôn | |||||
Dative | σπευστῐκῷ speustikôi |
σπευστῐκῇ speustikêi |
σπευστῐκῷ speustikôi |
σπευστῐκοῖν speustikoîn |
σπευστῐκαῖν speustikaîn |
σπευστῐκοῖν speustikoîn |
σπευστῐκοῖς speustikoîs |
σπευστῐκαῖς speustikaîs |
σπευστῐκοῖς speustikoîs | |||||
Accusative | σπευστῐκόν speustikón |
σπευστῐκήν speustikḗn |
σπευστῐκόν speustikón |
σπευστῐκώ speustikṓ |
σπευστῐκᾱ́ speustikā́ |
σπευστῐκώ speustikṓ |
σπευστῐκούς speustikoús |
σπευστῐκᾱ́ς speustikā́s |
σπευστῐκᾰ́ speustiká | |||||
Vocative | σπευστῐκέ speustiké |
σπευστῐκή speustikḗ |
σπευστῐκόν speustikón |
σπευστῐκώ speustikṓ |
σπευστῐκᾱ́ speustikā́ |
σπευστῐκώ speustikṓ |
σπευστῐκοί speustikoí |
σπευστῐκαί speustikaí |
σπευστῐκᾰ́ speustiká | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
σπευστῐκῶς speustikôs |
σπευστῐκώτερος speustikṓteros |
σπευστῐκώτᾰτος speustikṓtatos | ||||||||||||
Notes: |
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Descendants
edit- → Latin: speusticus
Further reading
edit- σπευστικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “σπευστικός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
- “σπευστικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *spewd-
- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -τικός
- Ancient Greek 3-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek adjectives
- Ancient Greek oxytone terms
- Ancient Greek terms with quotations