ληπτικός

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λῆψις (lêpsis, “accepting, taking”) +‎ -τικός (-tikós)

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /lɛːp.ti.kós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /le̝p.tiˈkos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /lip.tiˈkos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lip.tiˈkos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /lip.tiˈkos/

Adjective

ληπτῐκός • (lēptikós) m (feminine ληπτῐκή, neuter ληπτῐκόν); first/second declension

disposed to accept
disposed to take

Declension

First and second declension of ληπτῐκός; ληπτῐκή; ληπτῐκόν (Koine)

Number		Singular				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ληπτῐκός lēptikós	ληπτῐκή lēptikḗ	ληπτῐκόν lēptikón		ληπτῐκοί lēptikoí	ληπτῐκαί lēptikaí	ληπτῐκᾰ́ lēptiká
Genitive		ληπτῐκοῦ lēptikoû	ληπτῐκῆς lēptikês	ληπτῐκοῦ lēptikoû		ληπτῐκῶν lēptikôn	ληπτῐκῶν lēptikôn	ληπτῐκῶν lēptikôn
Dative		ληπτῐκῷ lēptikôi	ληπτῐκῇ lēptikêi	ληπτῐκῷ lēptikôi		ληπτῐκοῖς lēptikoîs	ληπτῐκαῖς lēptikaîs	ληπτῐκοῖς lēptikoîs
Accusative		ληπτῐκόν lēptikón	ληπτῐκήν lēptikḗn	ληπτῐκόν lēptikón		ληπτῐκούς lēptikoús	ληπτῐκᾱ́ς lēptikā́s	ληπτῐκᾰ́ lēptiká
Vocative		ληπτῐκέ lēptiké	ληπτῐκή lēptikḗ	ληπτῐκόν lēptikón		ληπτῐκοί lēptikoí	ληπτῐκαί lēptikaí	ληπτῐκᾰ́ lēptiká

Related terms

ληπτός (lēptós)

Further reading

ληπτικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
“ληπτικός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
“ληπτικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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