ἐκλυτήριος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐκλύω (eklúō, “set free”) +‎ -τήριος (-tḗrios, suffix added to verb stems to form adjectives pertaining to the stem)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.kly.tɛ̌ː.ri.os/ → /e.klyˈti.ri.os/ → /e.kliˈti.ri.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.kly.tɛ̌ː.ri.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.klyˈte̝.ri.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.klyˈti.ri.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.klyˈti.ri.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.kliˈti.ri.os/

Adjective

ἐκλῠτήρῐος • (eklŭtḗrĭos) m or f (neuter ἐκλῠτήρῐον); second declension

1. bringing release
2. (substantive) expiatory offering

Declension

Second declension of ἐκλῠτήρῐος; ἐκλῠτήρῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐκλῠτήρῐος eklŭtḗrĭos	ἐκλῠτήρῐον eklŭtḗrĭon		ἐκλῠτηρῐ́ω eklŭtērĭ́ō	ἐκλῠτηρῐ́ω eklŭtērĭ́ō		ἐκλῠτήρῐοι eklŭtḗrĭoi	ἐκλῠτήρῐᾰ eklŭtḗrĭă
Genitive		ἐκλῠτηρῐ́ου eklŭtērĭ́ou	ἐκλῠτηρῐ́ου eklŭtērĭ́ou		ἐκλῠτηρῐ́οιν eklŭtērĭ́oin	ἐκλῠτηρῐ́οιν eklŭtērĭ́oin		ἐκλῠτηρῐ́ων eklŭtērĭ́ōn	ἐκλῠτηρῐ́ων eklŭtērĭ́ōn
Dative		ἐκλῠτηρῐ́ῳ eklŭtērĭ́ōi	ἐκλῠτηρῐ́ῳ eklŭtērĭ́ōi		ἐκλῠτηρῐ́οιν eklŭtērĭ́oin	ἐκλῠτηρῐ́οιν eklŭtērĭ́oin		ἐκλῠτηρῐ́οις eklŭtērĭ́ois	ἐκλῠτηρῐ́οις eklŭtērĭ́ois
Accusative		ἐκλῠτήρῐον eklŭtḗrĭon	ἐκλῠτήρῐον eklŭtḗrĭon		ἐκλῠτηρῐ́ω eklŭtērĭ́ō	ἐκλῠτηρῐ́ω eklŭtērĭ́ō		ἐκλῠτηρῐ́ους eklŭtērĭ́ous	ἐκλῠτήρῐᾰ eklŭtḗrĭă
Vocative		ἐκλῠτήρῐε eklŭtḗrĭe	ἐκλῠτήρῐον eklŭtḗrĭon		ἐκλῠτηρῐ́ω eklŭtērĭ́ō	ἐκλῠτηρῐ́ω eklŭtērĭ́ō		ἐκλῠτήρῐοι eklŭtḗrĭoi	ἐκλῠτήρῐᾰ eklŭtḗrĭă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἐκλῠτηρῐ́ως eklŭtērĭ́ōs			ἐκλῠτηρῐώτερος eklŭtērĭṓteros			ἐκλῠτηρῐώτᾰτος eklŭtērĭṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• ἐκλυτήριος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐκλυτήριος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “ἐκλυτήριος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ἐκλυτήριος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • delivering idem, page 208.
  • saving idem, page 735.