ἐμετική

See also: εμετική

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Feminine form of ἐμετῐκός (emetĭkós, “emetic”, adjective). Cognate with Latin emetica.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.me.ti.kɛ̌ː/ → /e.me.tiˈci/ → /e.me.tiˈci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.me.ti.kɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.me.tiˈke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.me.tiˈci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.me.tiˈci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.me.tiˈci/

Adjective

ἐμετῐκή • (emetĭkḗ)

1. nominative/vocative feminine singular of ἐμετῐκός (emetĭkós)

Noun

ἐμετῐκή • (emetĭkḗ) f (genitive ἐμετῐκῆς); first declension

1. (nominalized) course of emetics
   • 68 BCE – 44 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum 13.52.1:

     Ἐμετῐκὴν (Emetikḕn) agebat.

     He was taking a course of emetics.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἐμετῐκή; τῆς ἐμετῐκῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐμετῐκή hē emetĭkḗ	τὼ ἐμετῐκᾱ́ tṑ emetĭkā́	αἱ ἐμετῐκαί hai emetĭkaí
Genitive	τῆς ἐμετῐκῆς tês emetĭkês	τοῖν ἐμετῐκαῖν toîn emetĭkaîn	τῶν ἐμετῐκῶν tôn emetĭkôn
Dative	τῇ ἐμετῐκῇ têi emetĭkêi	τοῖν ἐμετῐκαῖν toîn emetĭkaîn	ταῖς ἐμετῐκαῖς taîs emetĭkaîs
Accusative	τὴν ἐμετῐκήν tḕn emetĭkḗn	τὼ ἐμετῐκᾱ́ tṑ emetĭkā́	τᾱ̀ς ἐμετῐκᾱ́ς tā̀s emetĭkā́s
Vocative	ἐμετῐκή emetĭkḗ	ἐμετῐκᾱ́ emetĭkā́	ἐμετῐκαί emetĭkaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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