λυτικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

λύω (lúō, “loosen”) +‎ -τῐκός (-tikós).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

λῠτῐκός • (lutikós) m (feminine λῠτῐκή, neuter λῠτῐκόν); first/second declension

able to loose, laxative
- 250 CE – 350 CE, Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae 3.92c
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Problems 949a5
antidote to a poison
- 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants 9.16.5
dispersive of inflammation
- 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 11.751
(of arguments) able to refute, confutative
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Rhetoric 1403a.25

Declension

First and second declension of λῠτῐκός; λῠτῐκή; λῠτῐκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	λῠτῐκός lutikós	λῠτῐκή lutikḗ	λῠτῐκόν lutikón	λῠτῐκώ lutikṓ	λῠτῐκᾱ́ lutikā́	λῠτῐκώ lutikṓ	λῠτῐκοί lutikoí	λῠτῐκαί lutikaí	λῠτῐκᾰ́ lutiká
Genitive	λῠτῐκοῦ lutikoû	λῠτῐκῆς lutikês	λῠτῐκοῦ lutikoû	λῠτῐκοῖν lutikoîn	λῠτῐκαῖν lutikaîn	λῠτῐκοῖν lutikoîn	λῠτῐκῶν lutikôn	λῠτῐκῶν lutikôn	λῠτῐκῶν lutikôn
Dative	λῠτῐκῷ lutikôi	λῠτῐκῇ lutikêi	λῠτῐκῷ lutikôi	λῠτῐκοῖν lutikoîn	λῠτῐκαῖν lutikaîn	λῠτῐκοῖν lutikoîn	λῠτῐκοῖς lutikoîs	λῠτῐκαῖς lutikaîs	λῠτῐκοῖς lutikoîs
Accusative	λῠτῐκόν lutikón	λῠτῐκήν lutikḗn	λῠτῐκόν lutikón	λῠτῐκώ lutikṓ	λῠτῐκᾱ́ lutikā́	λῠτῐκώ lutikṓ	λῠτῐκούς lutikoús	λῠτῐκᾱ́ς lutikā́s	λῠτῐκᾰ́ lutiká
Vocative	λῠτῐκέ lutiké	λῠτῐκή lutikḗ	λῠτῐκόν lutikón	λῠτῐκώ lutikṓ	λῠτῐκᾱ́ lutikā́	λῠτῐκώ lutikṓ	λῠτῐκοί lutikoí	λῠτῐκαί lutikaí	λῠτῐκᾰ́ lutiká
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	λῠτῐκῶς lutikôs			λῠτῐκώτερος lutikṓteros			λῠτῐκώτᾰτος lutikṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Latin: haemolyticus, saccharolyticus

References

“λυτικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press