φραστικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From φράζω (phrázō, “tell”) +‎ -τικός (-tikós, verbal adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰras.ti.kós/ → /ɸras.tiˈkos/ → /fras.tiˈkos/

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

Adjective

φρᾰστῐκός • (phrastikós) m (feminine φρᾰστῐκή, neuter φρᾰστῐκόν); first/second declension

1. indicative, expressive
2. eloquent

Inflection

First and second declension of φρᾰστῐκός; φρᾰστῐκή; φρᾰστῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		φρᾰστῐκός phrastikós	φρᾰστῐκή phrastikḗ	φρᾰστῐκόν phrastikón		φρᾰστῐκώ phrastikṓ	φρᾰστῐκᾱ́ phrastikā́	φρᾰστῐκώ phrastikṓ		φρᾰστῐκοί phrastikoí	φρᾰστῐκαί phrastikaí	φρᾰστῐκᾰ́ phrastiká
Genitive		φρᾰστῐκοῦ phrastikoû	φρᾰστῐκῆς phrastikês	φρᾰστῐκοῦ phrastikoû		φρᾰστῐκοῖν phrastikoîn	φρᾰστῐκαῖν phrastikaîn	φρᾰστῐκοῖν phrastikoîn		φρᾰστῐκῶν phrastikôn	φρᾰστῐκῶν phrastikôn	φρᾰστῐκῶν phrastikôn
Dative		φρᾰστῐκῷ phrastikôi	φρᾰστῐκῇ phrastikêi	φρᾰστῐκῷ phrastikôi		φρᾰστῐκοῖν phrastikoîn	φρᾰστῐκαῖν phrastikaîn	φρᾰστῐκοῖν phrastikoîn		φρᾰστῐκοῖς phrastikoîs	φρᾰστῐκαῖς phrastikaîs	φρᾰστῐκοῖς phrastikoîs
Accusative		φρᾰστῐκόν phrastikón	φρᾰστῐκήν phrastikḗn	φρᾰστῐκόν phrastikón		φρᾰστῐκώ phrastikṓ	φρᾰστῐκᾱ́ phrastikā́	φρᾰστῐκώ phrastikṓ		φρᾰστῐκούς phrastikoús	φρᾰστῐκᾱ́ς phrastikā́s	φρᾰστῐκᾰ́ phrastiká
Vocative		φρᾰστῐκέ phrastiké	φρᾰστῐκή phrastikḗ	φρᾰστῐκόν phrastikón		φρᾰστῐκώ phrastikṓ	φρᾰστῐκᾱ́ phrastikā́	φρᾰστῐκώ phrastikṓ		φρᾰστῐκοί phrastikoí	φρᾰστῐκαί phrastikaí	φρᾰστῐκᾰ́ phrastiká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		φρᾰστῐκῶς phrastikôs				φρᾰστῐκώτερος phrastikṓteros				φρᾰστῐκώτᾰτος phrastikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → French: phrastique

Further reading

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