ἐπιλυτικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπιλύω (epilúō, “to solve”) +‎ -τικός (-tikós, “relating to, suited to, skilled in, able to”)

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Adjective

ἐπῐλῠτῐκός • (epĭlŭtĭkós) m (feminine ἐπῐλῠτῐκή, neuter ἐπῐλῠτῐκόν); first/second declension

1. good at solving difficulties

Declension

First and second declension of ἐπῐλῠτῐκός; ἐπῐλῠτῐκή; ἐπῐλῠτῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐπῐλῠτῐκός epĭlŭtĭkós	ἐπῐλῠτῐκή epĭlŭtĭkḗ	ἐπῐλῠτῐκόν epĭlŭtĭkón		ἐπῐλῠτῐκώ epĭlŭtĭkṓ	ἐπῐλῠτῐκᾱ́ epĭlŭtĭkā́	ἐπῐλῠτῐκώ epĭlŭtĭkṓ		ἐπῐλῠτῐκοί epĭlŭtĭkoí	ἐπῐλῠτῐκαί epĭlŭtĭkaí	ἐπῐλῠτῐκᾰ́ epĭlŭtĭkắ
Genitive		ἐπῐλῠτῐκοῦ epĭlŭtĭkoû	ἐπῐλῠτῐκῆς epĭlŭtĭkês	ἐπῐλῠτῐκοῦ epĭlŭtĭkoû		ἐπῐλῠτῐκοῖν epĭlŭtĭkoîn	ἐπῐλῠτῐκαῖν epĭlŭtĭkaîn	ἐπῐλῠτῐκοῖν epĭlŭtĭkoîn		ἐπῐλῠτῐκῶν epĭlŭtĭkôn	ἐπῐλῠτῐκῶν epĭlŭtĭkôn	ἐπῐλῠτῐκῶν epĭlŭtĭkôn
Dative		ἐπῐλῠτῐκῷ epĭlŭtĭkôi	ἐπῐλῠτῐκῇ epĭlŭtĭkêi	ἐπῐλῠτῐκῷ epĭlŭtĭkôi		ἐπῐλῠτῐκοῖν epĭlŭtĭkoîn	ἐπῐλῠτῐκαῖν epĭlŭtĭkaîn	ἐπῐλῠτῐκοῖν epĭlŭtĭkoîn		ἐπῐλῠτῐκοῖς epĭlŭtĭkoîs	ἐπῐλῠτῐκαῖς epĭlŭtĭkaîs	ἐπῐλῠτῐκοῖς epĭlŭtĭkoîs
Accusative		ἐπῐλῠτῐκόν epĭlŭtĭkón	ἐπῐλῠτῐκήν epĭlŭtĭkḗn	ἐπῐλῠτῐκόν epĭlŭtĭkón		ἐπῐλῠτῐκώ epĭlŭtĭkṓ	ἐπῐλῠτῐκᾱ́ epĭlŭtĭkā́	ἐπῐλῠτῐκώ epĭlŭtĭkṓ		ἐπῐλῠτῐκούς epĭlŭtĭkoús	ἐπῐλῠτῐκᾱ́ς epĭlŭtĭkā́s	ἐπῐλῠτῐκᾰ́ epĭlŭtĭkắ
Vocative		ἐπῐλῠτῐκέ epĭlŭtĭké	ἐπῐλῠτῐκή epĭlŭtĭkḗ	ἐπῐλῠτῐκόν epĭlŭtĭkón		ἐπῐλῠτῐκώ epĭlŭtĭkṓ	ἐπῐλῠτῐκᾱ́ epĭlŭtĭkā́	ἐπῐλῠτῐκώ epĭlŭtĭkṓ		ἐπῐλῠτῐκοί epĭlŭtĭkoí	ἐπῐλῠτῐκαί epĭlŭtĭkaí	ἐπῐλῠτῐκᾰ́ epĭlŭtĭkắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἐπῐλῠτῐκῶς epĭlŭtĭkôs				ἐπῐλῠτῐκώτερος epĭlŭtĭkṓteros				ἐπῐλῠτῐκώτᾰτος epĭlŭtĭkṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἐπιλυτικός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ἐπιλυτικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press