ἀνασκευαστικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰ́ζω (anaskeuázō, “to dismantle, remove”) +‎ -τῐκός (-tikós).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.nas.keu̯.as.ti.kós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.nas.ke.was.tiˈkos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.nas.ce.βas.tiˈkos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.nas.ce.vas.tiˈkos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.nas.ce.vas.tiˈkos/

Adjective

ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκός • (anaskeuastikós) m (feminine ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκή, neuter ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκόν); first/second declension

(logic) destructive
restorative, curative

Inflection

First and second declension of ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκός; ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκή; ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκός anaskeuastikós	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκή anaskeuastikḗ	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκόν anaskeuastikón	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκώ anaskeuastikṓ	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκᾱ́ anaskeuastikā́	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκώ anaskeuastikṓ	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκοί anaskeuastikoí	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκαί anaskeuastikaí	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκᾰ́ anaskeuastiká
Genitive	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκοῦ anaskeuastikoû	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκῆς anaskeuastikês	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκοῦ anaskeuastikoû	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκοῖν anaskeuastikoîn	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκαῖν anaskeuastikaîn	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκοῖν anaskeuastikoîn	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκῶν anaskeuastikôn	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκῶν anaskeuastikôn	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκῶν anaskeuastikôn
Dative	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκῷ anaskeuastikôi	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκῇ anaskeuastikêi	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκῷ anaskeuastikôi	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκοῖν anaskeuastikoîn	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκαῖν anaskeuastikaîn	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκοῖν anaskeuastikoîn	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκοῖς anaskeuastikoîs	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκαῖς anaskeuastikaîs	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκοῖς anaskeuastikoîs
Accusative	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκόν anaskeuastikón	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκήν anaskeuastikḗn	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκόν anaskeuastikón	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκώ anaskeuastikṓ	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκᾱ́ anaskeuastikā́	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκώ anaskeuastikṓ	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκούς anaskeuastikoús	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκᾱ́ς anaskeuastikā́s	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκᾰ́ anaskeuastiká
Vocative	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκέ anaskeuastiké	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκή anaskeuastikḗ	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκόν anaskeuastikón	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκώ anaskeuastikṓ	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκᾱ́ anaskeuastikā́	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκώ anaskeuastikṓ	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκοί anaskeuastikoí	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκαί anaskeuastikaí	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκᾰ́ anaskeuastiká
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκῶς anaskeuastikôs			ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκώτερος anaskeuastikṓteros			ᾰ̓νᾰσκευᾰστῐκώτᾰτος anaskeuastikṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of “logic: destructive”): κατασκευαστικός (kataskeuastikós)

References

“ἀνασκευαστικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ἀνασκευαστικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
ἀνασκευαστικός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)