καυστικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

from καυστός (kaustós, “burnt”) +‎ -ικός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kau̯s.ti.kós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaʍs.tiˈkos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaɸs.tiˈkos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kafs.tiˈkos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kafs.tiˈkos/

Adjective

καυστῐκός • (kaustikós) m (feminine καυστῐκή, neuter καυστῐκόν); first/second declension

Declension

First and second declension of καυστῐκός; καυστῐκή; καυστῐκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	καυστῐκός kaustikós	καυστῐκή kaustikḗ	καυστῐκόν kaustikón	καυστῐκώ kaustikṓ	καυστῐκᾱ́ kaustikā́	καυστῐκώ kaustikṓ	καυστῐκοί kaustikoí	καυστῐκαί kaustikaí	καυστῐκᾰ́ kaustiká
Genitive	καυστῐκοῦ kaustikoû	καυστῐκῆς kaustikês	καυστῐκοῦ kaustikoû	καυστῐκοῖν kaustikoîn	καυστῐκαῖν kaustikaîn	καυστῐκοῖν kaustikoîn	καυστῐκῶν kaustikôn	καυστῐκῶν kaustikôn	καυστῐκῶν kaustikôn
Dative	καυστῐκῷ kaustikôi	καυστῐκῇ kaustikêi	καυστῐκῷ kaustikôi	καυστῐκοῖν kaustikoîn	καυστῐκαῖν kaustikaîn	καυστῐκοῖν kaustikoîn	καυστῐκοῖς kaustikoîs	καυστῐκαῖς kaustikaîs	καυστῐκοῖς kaustikoîs
Accusative	καυστῐκόν kaustikón	καυστῐκήν kaustikḗn	καυστῐκόν kaustikón	καυστῐκώ kaustikṓ	καυστῐκᾱ́ kaustikā́	καυστῐκώ kaustikṓ	καυστῐκούς kaustikoús	καυστῐκᾱ́ς kaustikā́s	καυστῐκᾰ́ kaustiká
Vocative	καυστῐκέ kaustiké	καυστῐκή kaustikḗ	καυστῐκόν kaustikón	καυστῐκώ kaustikṓ	καυστῐκᾱ́ kaustikā́	καυστῐκώ kaustikṓ	καυστῐκοί kaustikoí	καυστῐκαί kaustikaí	καυστῐκᾰ́ kaustiká
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	καυστῐκῶς kaustikôs			καυστῐκώτερος kaustikṓteros			καυστῐκώτᾰτος kaustikṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Greek: καυστικός (kafstikós) (learned)
→ Latin: causticus (see there for further descendants)

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek καυστικός (kaustikós) and from French caustique, from Latin causticus, from Ancient Greek καυστικός (kaustikós).^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kaf.stiˈkos/
Hyphenation: καυ‧στι‧κός

Adjective

καυστικός • (kafstikós) m (feminine καυστική, neuter καυστικό)

caustic (capable of burning, corroding or destroying organic tissue)
(figuratively) caustic (sharp, bitter, cutting, biting, and sarcastic in a scathing way)

Declension

Declension of καυστικός
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	καυστικός (kafstikós)	καυστική (kafstikí)	καυστικό (kafstikó)	καυστικοί (kafstikoí)	καυστικές (kafstikés)	καυστικά (kafstiká)
genitive	καυστικού (kafstikoú)	καυστικής (kafstikís)	καυστικού (kafstikoú)	καυστικών (kafstikón)	καυστικών (kafstikón)	καυστικών (kafstikón)
accusative	καυστικό (kafstikó)	καυστική (kafstikí)	καυστικό (kafstikó)	καυστικούς (kafstikoús)	καυστικές (kafstikés)	καυστικά (kafstiká)
vocative	καυστικέ (kafstiké)	καυστική (kafstikí)	καυστικό (kafstikó)	καυστικοί (kafstikoí)	καυστικές (kafstikés)	καυστικά (kafstiká)

Derivations:
Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο καυστικός, etc.)
Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο καυστικός, etc.)

Derived terms

καυστικότητα f (kafstikótita)

References

^ καυστικός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

[1] καυστικός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

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καυστικός

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