ἐπιλυτικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπιλύω (epilúō, “to solve”) +‎ -τικός (-tikós, “relating to, suited to, skilled in, able to”)

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Adjective

ἐπῐλῠτῐκός • (epilutikós) m (feminine ἐπῐλῠτῐκή, neuter ἐπῐλῠτῐκόν); first/second declension

1. good at solving difficulties

Declension

First and second declension of ἐπῐλῠτῐκός; ἐπῐλῠτῐκή; ἐπῐλῠτῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐπῐλῠτῐκός epilutikós	ἐπῐλῠτῐκή epilutikḗ	ἐπῐλῠτῐκόν epilutikón		ἐπῐλῠτῐκώ epilutikṓ	ἐπῐλῠτῐκᾱ́ epilutikā́	ἐπῐλῠτῐκώ epilutikṓ		ἐπῐλῠτῐκοί epilutikoí	ἐπῐλῠτῐκαί epilutikaí	ἐπῐλῠτῐκᾰ́ epilutiká
Genitive		ἐπῐλῠτῐκοῦ epilutikoû	ἐπῐλῠτῐκῆς epilutikês	ἐπῐλῠτῐκοῦ epilutikoû		ἐπῐλῠτῐκοῖν epilutikoîn	ἐπῐλῠτῐκαῖν epilutikaîn	ἐπῐλῠτῐκοῖν epilutikoîn		ἐπῐλῠτῐκῶν epilutikôn	ἐπῐλῠτῐκῶν epilutikôn	ἐπῐλῠτῐκῶν epilutikôn
Dative		ἐπῐλῠτῐκῷ epilutikôi	ἐπῐλῠτῐκῇ epilutikêi	ἐπῐλῠτῐκῷ epilutikôi		ἐπῐλῠτῐκοῖν epilutikoîn	ἐπῐλῠτῐκαῖν epilutikaîn	ἐπῐλῠτῐκοῖν epilutikoîn		ἐπῐλῠτῐκοῖς epilutikoîs	ἐπῐλῠτῐκαῖς epilutikaîs	ἐπῐλῠτῐκοῖς epilutikoîs
Accusative		ἐπῐλῠτῐκόν epilutikón	ἐπῐλῠτῐκήν epilutikḗn	ἐπῐλῠτῐκόν epilutikón		ἐπῐλῠτῐκώ epilutikṓ	ἐπῐλῠτῐκᾱ́ epilutikā́	ἐπῐλῠτῐκώ epilutikṓ		ἐπῐλῠτῐκούς epilutikoús	ἐπῐλῠτῐκᾱ́ς epilutikā́s	ἐπῐλῠτῐκᾰ́ epilutiká
Vocative		ἐπῐλῠτῐκέ epilutiké	ἐπῐλῠτῐκή epilutikḗ	ἐπῐλῠτῐκόν epilutikón		ἐπῐλῠτῐκώ epilutikṓ	ἐπῐλῠτῐκᾱ́ epilutikā́	ἐπῐλῠτῐκώ epilutikṓ		ἐπῐλῠτῐκοί epilutikoí	ἐπῐλῠτῐκαί epilutikaí	ἐπῐλῠτῐκᾰ́ epilutiká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἐπῐλῠτῐκῶς epilutikôs				ἐπῐλῠτῐκώτερος epilutikṓteros				ἐπῐλῠτῐκώτᾰτος epilutikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἐπιλυτικός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “ἐπιλυτικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press