σκεπτικός

From σκέπτομαι (sképtomai, “to consider”) +‎ -ικός (-ikós).

σκεπτῐκός • (skeptikós) m (feminine σκεπτῐκή, neuter σκεπτῐκόν); first/second declension

1. thoughtful, inquiring
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• Greek: σκεπτικός (skeptikós)
• → Latin: scepticus (see there for further descendants)
• → Arabic: شبطيقي (shabṭīqī)

• “σκεπτικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σκεπτικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

• σκεφτικός (skeftikós)

From Ancient Greek σκεπτικός (skeptikós).

σκεπτικός • (skeptikós) m (feminine σκεπτική, neuter σκεπτικό)

1. contemplative, meditative, thoughtful

• μελετηρός (meletirós, “studious”)