βλαπτικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βλαβ- (blab-), the stem of βλάπτω (bláptō, “to harm”), + -τῐκός (-tikós, verbal adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /blap.ti.kós/ → /βlap.tiˈkos/ → /vlap.tiˈkos/

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

Adjective

βλᾰπτῐκός • (blaptikós) m (feminine βλᾰπτῐκή, neuter βλᾰπτῐκόν); first/second declension

1. Hurtful, mischievous
   • 280 BCE – 220 BCE, Philo of Byzantium, Compendium of Mechanics 1.14
   • 160 CE – 210 CE, Sextus Empiricus, Against the Mathematicians 6.4
   1. Harmful [with genitive ‘to someone’]
      • 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 15.1.45
      • 110 BCE – 35 BCE, Philodemus, On Piety 99–100
2. adverb βλᾰπτῐκῶς (blaptikôs)
   • 108 CE, Arrian, Discourses of Epictetus 3.23.4
   • 90 CE – 168 CE, Ptolemy, Tetrabiblos 168

Inflection

First and second declension of βλᾰπτῐκός; βλᾰπτῐκή; βλᾰπτῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		βλᾰπτῐκός blaptikós	βλᾰπτῐκή blaptikḗ	βλᾰπτῐκόν blaptikón		βλᾰπτῐκώ blaptikṓ	βλᾰπτῐκᾱ́ blaptikā́	βλᾰπτῐκώ blaptikṓ		βλᾰπτῐκοί blaptikoí	βλᾰπτῐκαί blaptikaí	βλᾰπτῐκᾰ́ blaptiká
Genitive		βλᾰπτῐκοῦ blaptikoû	βλᾰπτῐκῆς blaptikês	βλᾰπτῐκοῦ blaptikoû		βλᾰπτῐκοῖν blaptikoîn	βλᾰπτῐκαῖν blaptikaîn	βλᾰπτῐκοῖν blaptikoîn		βλᾰπτῐκῶν blaptikôn	βλᾰπτῐκῶν blaptikôn	βλᾰπτῐκῶν blaptikôn
Dative		βλᾰπτῐκῷ blaptikôi	βλᾰπτῐκῇ blaptikêi	βλᾰπτῐκῷ blaptikôi		βλᾰπτῐκοῖν blaptikoîn	βλᾰπτῐκαῖν blaptikaîn	βλᾰπτῐκοῖν blaptikoîn		βλᾰπτῐκοῖς blaptikoîs	βλᾰπτῐκαῖς blaptikaîs	βλᾰπτῐκοῖς blaptikoîs
Accusative		βλᾰπτῐκόν blaptikón	βλᾰπτῐκήν blaptikḗn	βλᾰπτῐκόν blaptikón		βλᾰπτῐκώ blaptikṓ	βλᾰπτῐκᾱ́ blaptikā́	βλᾰπτῐκώ blaptikṓ		βλᾰπτῐκούς blaptikoús	βλᾰπτῐκᾱ́ς blaptikā́s	βλᾰπτῐκᾰ́ blaptiká
Vocative		βλᾰπτῐκέ blaptiké	βλᾰπτῐκή blaptikḗ	βλᾰπτῐκόν blaptikón		βλᾰπτῐκώ blaptikṓ	βλᾰπτῐκᾱ́ blaptikā́	βλᾰπτῐκώ blaptikṓ		βλᾰπτῐκοί blaptikoí	βλᾰπτῐκαί blaptikaí	βλᾰπτῐκᾰ́ blaptiká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		βλᾰπτῐκῶς blaptikôs				—				—
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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