λυτικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

λύω (lúō, “loosen”) +‎ -τῐκός (-tĭkós).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Adjective

λῠτῐκός • (lŭtĭkós) m (feminine λῠτῐκή, neuter λῠτῐκόν); first/second declension

1. able to loose, laxative
   • 250 CE – 350 CE, Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 3.92c
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Problems 949a5
2. antidote to a poison
   • 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants 9.16.5
3. dispersive of inflammation
   • 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 11.751
4. (of arguments) able to refute, confutative
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Rhetoric 1403a.25

Declension

First and second declension of λῠτῐκός; λῠτῐκή; λῠτῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		λῠτῐκός lŭtĭkós	λῠτῐκή lŭtĭkḗ	λῠτῐκόν lŭtĭkón		λῠτῐκώ lŭtĭkṓ	λῠτῐκᾱ́ lŭtĭkā́	λῠτῐκώ lŭtĭkṓ		λῠτῐκοί lŭtĭkoí	λῠτῐκαί lŭtĭkaí	λῠτῐκᾰ́ lŭtĭkắ
Genitive		λῠτῐκοῦ lŭtĭkoû	λῠτῐκῆς lŭtĭkês	λῠτῐκοῦ lŭtĭkoû		λῠτῐκοῖν lŭtĭkoîn	λῠτῐκαῖν lŭtĭkaîn	λῠτῐκοῖν lŭtĭkoîn		λῠτῐκῶν lŭtĭkôn	λῠτῐκῶν lŭtĭkôn	λῠτῐκῶν lŭtĭkôn
Dative		λῠτῐκῷ lŭtĭkôi	λῠτῐκῇ lŭtĭkêi	λῠτῐκῷ lŭtĭkôi		λῠτῐκοῖν lŭtĭkoîn	λῠτῐκαῖν lŭtĭkaîn	λῠτῐκοῖν lŭtĭkoîn		λῠτῐκοῖς lŭtĭkoîs	λῠτῐκαῖς lŭtĭkaîs	λῠτῐκοῖς lŭtĭkoîs
Accusative		λῠτῐκόν lŭtĭkón	λῠτῐκήν lŭtĭkḗn	λῠτῐκόν lŭtĭkón		λῠτῐκώ lŭtĭkṓ	λῠτῐκᾱ́ lŭtĭkā́	λῠτῐκώ lŭtĭkṓ		λῠτῐκούς lŭtĭkoús	λῠτῐκᾱ́ς lŭtĭkā́s	λῠτῐκᾰ́ lŭtĭkắ
Vocative		λῠτῐκέ lŭtĭké	λῠτῐκή lŭtĭkḗ	λῠτῐκόν lŭtĭkón		λῠτῐκώ lŭtĭkṓ	λῠτῐκᾱ́ lŭtĭkā́	λῠτῐκώ lŭtĭkṓ		λῠτῐκοί lŭtĭkoí	λῠτῐκαί lŭtĭkaí	λῠτῐκᾰ́ lŭtĭkắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		λῠτῐκῶς lŭtĭkôs				λῠτῐκώτερος lŭtĭkṓteros				λῠτῐκώτᾰτος lŭtĭkṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: haemolyticus, saccharolyticus

References

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