ἐφελκυστικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐφέλκῠσῐς (ephélkŭsĭs, “attraction”) +‎ -τῐκός (-tĭkós), 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 • (ephelkŭstĭkós) 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 ephelkŭstĭkós	ἐφελκῠστῐκή ephelkŭstĭkḗ	ἐφελκῠστῐκόν ephelkŭstĭkón		ἐφελκῠστῐκώ ephelkŭstĭkṓ	ἐφελκῠστῐκᾱ́ ephelkŭstĭkā́	ἐφελκῠστῐκώ ephelkŭstĭkṓ		ἐφελκῠστῐκοί ephelkŭstĭkoí	ἐφελκῠστῐκαί ephelkŭstĭkaí	ἐφελκῠστῐκᾰ́ ephelkŭstĭkắ
Genitive		ἐφελκῠστῐκοῦ ephelkŭstĭkoû	ἐφελκῠστῐκῆς ephelkŭstĭkês	ἐφελκῠστῐκοῦ ephelkŭstĭkoû		ἐφελκῠστῐκοῖν ephelkŭstĭkoîn	ἐφελκῠστῐκαῖν ephelkŭstĭkaîn	ἐφελκῠστῐκοῖν ephelkŭstĭkoîn		ἐφελκῠστῐκῶν ephelkŭstĭkôn	ἐφελκῠστῐκῶν ephelkŭstĭkôn	ἐφελκῠστῐκῶν ephelkŭstĭkôn
Dative		ἐφελκῠστῐκῷ ephelkŭstĭkôi	ἐφελκῠστῐκῇ ephelkŭstĭkêi	ἐφελκῠστῐκῷ ephelkŭstĭkôi		ἐφελκῠστῐκοῖν ephelkŭstĭkoîn	ἐφελκῠστῐκαῖν ephelkŭstĭkaîn	ἐφελκῠστῐκοῖν ephelkŭstĭkoîn		ἐφελκῠστῐκοῖς ephelkŭstĭkoîs	ἐφελκῠστῐκαῖς ephelkŭstĭkaîs	ἐφελκῠστῐκοῖς ephelkŭstĭkoîs
Accusative		ἐφελκῠστῐκόν ephelkŭstĭkón	ἐφελκῠστῐκήν ephelkŭstĭkḗn	ἐφελκῠστῐκόν ephelkŭstĭkón		ἐφελκῠστῐκώ ephelkŭstĭkṓ	ἐφελκῠστῐκᾱ́ ephelkŭstĭkā́	ἐφελκῠστῐκώ ephelkŭstĭkṓ		ἐφελκῠστῐκούς ephelkŭstĭkoús	ἐφελκῠστῐκᾱ́ς ephelkŭstĭkā́s	ἐφελκῠστῐκᾰ́ ephelkŭstĭkắ
Vocative		ἐφελκῠστῐκέ ephelkŭstĭké	ἐφελκῠστῐκή ephelkŭstĭkḗ	ἐφελκῠστῐκόν ephelkŭstĭkón		ἐφελκῠστῐκώ ephelkŭstĭkṓ	ἐφελκῠστῐκᾱ́ ephelkŭstĭkā́	ἐφελκῠστῐκώ ephelkŭstĭkṓ		ἐφελκῠστῐκοί ephelkŭstĭkoí	ἐφελκῠστῐκαί ephelkŭstĭkaí	ἐφελκῠστῐκᾰ́ ephelkŭstĭkắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἐφελκῠστῐκῶς ephelkŭstĭkôs				ἐφελκῠστῐκώτερος ephelkŭstĭkṓteros				ἐφελκῠστῐκώτᾰτος ephelkŭstĭkṓtătos
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