ἔκλυτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐκλύω (eklúō, “let loose”) +‎ -τος (-tos, suffix that creates perfective passive verbal adjectives)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /é.kly.tos/ → /ˈe.kly.tos/ → /ˈe.kli.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /é.kly.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.kly.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.kly.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.kly.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.kli.tos/

Adjective

ἔκλῠτος • (éklŭtos) m or f (neuter ἔκλῠτον); second declension

1. (of missiles) easy to let go, light, buoyant
2. let loose, unbridled, unlimited, extreme
3. relaxed, unnerved, exhausted, diluted, watery
4. (of an engine) deprived of force
5. (of proof) loose
6. (adverb) by being relaxed
7. (medicine) curing, healing

Declension

Second declension of ἔκλῠτος; ἔκλῠτον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἔκλῠτος éklŭtos	ἔκλῠτον éklŭton		ἐκλῠ́τω eklŭ́tō	ἐκλῠ́τω eklŭ́tō		ἔκλῠτοι éklŭtoi	ἔκλῠτᾰ éklŭtă
Genitive		ἐκλῠ́του eklŭ́tou	ἐκλῠ́του eklŭ́tou		ἐκλῠ́τοιν eklŭ́toin	ἐκλῠ́τοιν eklŭ́toin		ἐκλῠ́των eklŭ́tōn	ἐκλῠ́των eklŭ́tōn
Dative		ἐκλῠ́τῳ eklŭ́tōi	ἐκλῠ́τῳ eklŭ́tōi		ἐκλῠ́τοιν eklŭ́toin	ἐκλῠ́τοιν eklŭ́toin		ἐκλῠ́τοις eklŭ́tois	ἐκλῠ́τοις eklŭ́tois
Accusative		ἔκλῠτον éklŭton	ἔκλῠτον éklŭton		ἐκλῠ́τω eklŭ́tō	ἐκλῠ́τω eklŭ́tō		ἐκλῠ́τους eklŭ́tous	ἔκλῠτᾰ éklŭtă
Vocative		ἔκλῠτε éklŭte	ἔκλῠτον éklŭton		ἐκλῠ́τω eklŭ́tō	ἐκλῠ́τω eklŭ́tō		ἔκλῠτοι éklŭtoi	ἔκλῠτᾰ éklŭtă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἐκλῠ́τως eklŭ́tōs			ἐκλῠτώτερος eklŭtṓteros			ἐκλῠτώτᾰτος eklŭtṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• ἔκλυτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἔκλυτος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• “ἔκλυτος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ἔκλυτος”, 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.
  • faint idem, page 302.
  • feeble idem, page 313.
  • languid idem, page 475.
  • limp idem, page 492.
  • weak idem, page 969.