ἐφελκυστικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐφέλκῠσῐς (ephélkusis, “attraction”) +‎ -τῐκός (-tikós), from ἐφέλκω (ephélkō, “I drag towards, I draw towards”), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + ἕλκω (hélkō, “I draw, I drag, I pull, I atrract”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pʰel.kys.ti.kós/ → /e.ɸel.cys.tiˈkos/ → /e.fel.cis.tiˈkos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pʰel.kys.ti.kós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.pʰel.kys.tiˈkos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.ɸel.cys.tiˈkos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.fel.cys.tiˈkos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.fel.cis.tiˈkos/

Adjective

ἐφελκῠστῐκός • (ephelkustikós) m (feminine ἐφελκῠστῐκή, neuter ἐφελκῠστῐκόν); first/second declension

1. dragged towards, drawn towards
2. pulled towards
3. attracted towards

Inflection

First and second declension of ἐφελκῠστῐκός; ἐφελκῠστῐκή; ἐφελκῠστῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἐφελκῠστῐκός ephelkustikós	ἐφελκῠστῐκή ephelkustikḗ	ἐφελκῠστῐκόν ephelkustikón		ἐφελκῠστῐκώ ephelkustikṓ	ἐφελκῠστῐκᾱ́ ephelkustikā́	ἐφελκῠστῐκώ ephelkustikṓ		ἐφελκῠστῐκοί ephelkustikoí	ἐφελκῠστῐκαί ephelkustikaí	ἐφελκῠστῐκᾰ́ ephelkustiká
Genitive		ἐφελκῠστῐκοῦ ephelkustikoû	ἐφελκῠστῐκῆς ephelkustikês	ἐφελκῠστῐκοῦ ephelkustikoû		ἐφελκῠστῐκοῖν ephelkustikoîn	ἐφελκῠστῐκαῖν ephelkustikaîn	ἐφελκῠστῐκοῖν ephelkustikoîn		ἐφελκῠστῐκῶν ephelkustikôn	ἐφελκῠστῐκῶν ephelkustikôn	ἐφελκῠστῐκῶν ephelkustikôn
Dative		ἐφελκῠστῐκῷ ephelkustikôi	ἐφελκῠστῐκῇ ephelkustikêi	ἐφελκῠστῐκῷ ephelkustikôi		ἐφελκῠστῐκοῖν ephelkustikoîn	ἐφελκῠστῐκαῖν ephelkustikaîn	ἐφελκῠστῐκοῖν ephelkustikoîn		ἐφελκῠστῐκοῖς ephelkustikoîs	ἐφελκῠστῐκαῖς ephelkustikaîs	ἐφελκῠστῐκοῖς ephelkustikoîs
Accusative		ἐφελκῠστῐκόν ephelkustikón	ἐφελκῠστῐκήν ephelkustikḗn	ἐφελκῠστῐκόν ephelkustikón		ἐφελκῠστῐκώ ephelkustikṓ	ἐφελκῠστῐκᾱ́ ephelkustikā́	ἐφελκῠστῐκώ ephelkustikṓ		ἐφελκῠστῐκούς ephelkustikoús	ἐφελκῠστῐκᾱ́ς ephelkustikā́s	ἐφελκῠστῐκᾰ́ ephelkustiká
Vocative		ἐφελκῠστῐκέ ephelkustiké	ἐφελκῠστῐκή ephelkustikḗ	ἐφελκῠστῐκόν ephelkustikón		ἐφελκῠστῐκώ ephelkustikṓ	ἐφελκῠστῐκᾱ́ ephelkustikā́	ἐφελκῠστῐκώ ephelkustikṓ		ἐφελκῠστῐκοί ephelkustikoí	ἐφελκῠστῐκαί ephelkustikaí	ἐφελκῠστῐκᾰ́ ephelkustiká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἐφελκῠστῐκῶς ephelkustikôs				ἐφελκῠστῐκώτερος ephelkustikṓteros				ἐφελκῠστῐκώτᾰτος ephelkustikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἐφελκυστικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐφελκυστικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette