ἐφελκυστικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐφέλκῠσῐς (ephélkusis, “attraction”) +‎ -τῐκός (-tikós), from ἐφέλκω (ephélkō, “I drag towards, I draw towards”), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + ἕλκω (hélkō, “I draw, I drag, I pull, I atrract”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pʰel.kys.ti.kós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.pʰel.kys.tiˈkos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.ɸel.cys.tiˈkos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.fel.cys.tiˈkos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.fel.cis.tiˈkos/

Adjective

ἐφελκῠστῐκός • (ephelkustikós) m (feminine ἐφελκῠστῐκή, neuter ἐφελκῠστῐκόν); first/second declension

Inflection

First and second declension of ἐφελκῠστῐκός; ἐφελκῠστῐκή; ἐφελκῠστῐκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἐφελκῠστῐκός ephelkustikós	ἐφελκῠστῐκή ephelkustikḗ	ἐφελκῠστῐκόν ephelkustikón	ἐφελκῠστῐκώ ephelkustikṓ	ἐφελκῠστῐκᾱ́ ephelkustikā́	ἐφελκῠστῐκώ ephelkustikṓ	ἐφελκῠστῐκοί ephelkustikoí	ἐφελκῠστῐκαί ephelkustikaí	ἐφελκῠστῐκᾰ́ ephelkustiká
Genitive	ἐφελκῠστῐκοῦ ephelkustikoû	ἐφελκῠστῐκῆς ephelkustikês	ἐφελκῠστῐκοῦ ephelkustikoû	ἐφελκῠστῐκοῖν ephelkustikoîn	ἐφελκῠστῐκαῖν ephelkustikaîn	ἐφελκῠστῐκοῖν ephelkustikoîn	ἐφελκῠστῐκῶν ephelkustikôn	ἐφελκῠστῐκῶν ephelkustikôn	ἐφελκῠστῐκῶν ephelkustikôn
Dative	ἐφελκῠστῐκῷ ephelkustikôi	ἐφελκῠστῐκῇ ephelkustikêi	ἐφελκῠστῐκῷ ephelkustikôi	ἐφελκῠστῐκοῖν ephelkustikoîn	ἐφελκῠστῐκαῖν ephelkustikaîn	ἐφελκῠστῐκοῖν ephelkustikoîn	ἐφελκῠστῐκοῖς ephelkustikoîs	ἐφελκῠστῐκαῖς ephelkustikaîs	ἐφελκῠστῐκοῖς ephelkustikoîs
Accusative	ἐφελκῠστῐκόν ephelkustikón	ἐφελκῠστῐκήν ephelkustikḗn	ἐφελκῠστῐκόν ephelkustikón	ἐφελκῠστῐκώ ephelkustikṓ	ἐφελκῠστῐκᾱ́ ephelkustikā́	ἐφελκῠστῐκώ ephelkustikṓ	ἐφελκῠστῐκούς ephelkustikoús	ἐφελκῠστῐκᾱ́ς ephelkustikā́s	ἐφελκῠστῐκᾰ́ ephelkustiká
Vocative	ἐφελκῠστῐκέ ephelkustiké	ἐφελκῠστῐκή ephelkustikḗ	ἐφελκῠστῐκόν ephelkustikón	ἐφελκῠστῐκώ ephelkustikṓ	ἐφελκῠστῐκᾱ́ ephelkustikā́	ἐφελκῠστῐκώ ephelkustikṓ	ἐφελκῠστῐκοί ephelkustikoí	ἐφελκῠστῐκαί ephelkustikaí	ἐφελκῠστῐκᾰ́ ephelkustiká
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ἐφελκῠστῐκῶς ephelkustikôs			ἐφελκῠστῐκώτερος ephelkustikṓteros			ἐφελκῠστῐκώτᾰτος ephelkustikṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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