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 • (éklutos) 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 éklutos	ἔκλῠτον ékluton		ἐκλῠ́τω eklútō	ἐκλῠ́τω eklútō		ἔκλῠτοι éklutoi	ἔκλῠτᾰ ékluta
Genitive		ἐκλῠ́του eklútou	ἐκλῠ́του eklútou		ἐκλῠ́τοιν eklútoin	ἐκλῠ́τοιν eklútoin		ἐκλῠ́των eklútōn	ἐκλῠ́των eklútōn
Dative		ἐκλῠ́τῳ eklútōi	ἐκλῠ́τῳ eklútōi		ἐκλῠ́τοιν eklútoin	ἐκλῠ́τοιν eklútoin		ἐκλῠ́τοις eklútois	ἐκλῠ́τοις eklútois
Accusative		ἔκλῠτον ékluton	ἔκλῠτον ékluton		ἐκλῠ́τω eklútō	ἐκλῠ́τω eklútō		ἐκλῠ́τους eklútous	ἔκλῠτᾰ ékluta
Vocative		ἔκλῠτε éklute	ἔκλῠτον ékluton		ἐκλῠ́τω eklútō	ἐκλῠ́τω eklútō		ἔκλῠτοι éklutoi	ἔκλῠτᾰ ékluta
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἐκλῠ́τως eklútōs			ἐκλῠτώτερος eklutṓteros			ἐκλῠτώτᾰτος eklutṓtatos
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 (2006–2024)
• “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.