θρεπτικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

τρέφω (tréphō, future/aorist stem: θρεπ-) +‎ -τῐκός (-tikós)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰrep.ti.kós/ → /θrep.tiˈkos/ → /θrep.tiˈkos/

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

Adjective

θρεπτῐκός • (threptikós) m (feminine θρεπτῐκή, neuter θρεπτῐκόν); first/second declension

1. able to feed or rear, nourishing, nutritious
2. of or promoting growth
3. causing to heal up

Declension

First and second declension of θρεπτῐκός; θρεπτῐκή; θρεπτῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		θρεπτῐκός threptikós	θρεπτῐκή threptikḗ	θρεπτῐκόν threptikón		θρεπτῐκώ threptikṓ	θρεπτῐκᾱ́ threptikā́	θρεπτῐκώ threptikṓ		θρεπτῐκοί threptikoí	θρεπτῐκαί threptikaí	θρεπτῐκᾰ́ threptiká
Genitive		θρεπτῐκοῦ threptikoû	θρεπτῐκῆς threptikês	θρεπτῐκοῦ threptikoû		θρεπτῐκοῖν threptikoîn	θρεπτῐκαῖν threptikaîn	θρεπτῐκοῖν threptikoîn		θρεπτῐκῶν threptikôn	θρεπτῐκῶν threptikôn	θρεπτῐκῶν threptikôn
Dative		θρεπτῐκῷ threptikôi	θρεπτῐκῇ threptikêi	θρεπτῐκῷ threptikôi		θρεπτῐκοῖν threptikoîn	θρεπτῐκαῖν threptikaîn	θρεπτῐκοῖν threptikoîn		θρεπτῐκοῖς threptikoîs	θρεπτῐκαῖς threptikaîs	θρεπτῐκοῖς threptikoîs
Accusative		θρεπτῐκόν threptikón	θρεπτῐκήν threptikḗn	θρεπτῐκόν threptikón		θρεπτῐκώ threptikṓ	θρεπτῐκᾱ́ threptikā́	θρεπτῐκώ threptikṓ		θρεπτῐκούς threptikoús	θρεπτῐκᾱ́ς threptikā́s	θρεπτῐκᾰ́ threptiká
Vocative		θρεπτῐκέ threptiké	θρεπτῐκή threptikḗ	θρεπτῐκόν threptikón		θρεπτῐκώ threptikṓ	θρεπτῐκᾱ́ threptikā́	θρεπτῐκώ threptikṓ		θρεπτῐκοί threptikoí	θρεπτῐκαί threptikaí	θρεπτῐκᾰ́ threptiká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		θρεπτῐκῶς threptikôs				θρεπτῐκώτερος threptikṓteros				θρεπτῐκώτᾰτος threptikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: threptic
• Greek: θρεπτικός (threptikós)

Further reading

• “θρεπτικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “θρεπτικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• θρεπτικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette