ἑκτικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἕξις (héxis, “possession, condition”) +‎ -ικός (-ikós, “adjectival suffix”).^[1]

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

ἑκτῐκός • (hektikós) m (feminine ἑκτῐκή, neuter ἑκτῐκόν); first/second declension

formed by or forming habit
easy, fluent
sustaining
capable of
hectic, consumptive

Declension

First and second declension of ἑκτῐκός; ἑκτῐκή; ἑκτῐκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἑκτῐκός hektikós	ἑκτῐκή hektikḗ	ἑκτῐκόν hektikón	ἑκτῐκώ hektikṓ	ἑκτῐκᾱ́ hektikā́	ἑκτῐκώ hektikṓ	ἑκτῐκοί hektikoí	ἑκτῐκαί hektikaí	ἑκτῐκᾰ́ hektiká
Genitive	ἑκτῐκοῦ hektikoû	ἑκτῐκῆς hektikês	ἑκτῐκοῦ hektikoû	ἑκτῐκοῖν hektikoîn	ἑκτῐκαῖν hektikaîn	ἑκτῐκοῖν hektikoîn	ἑκτῐκῶν hektikôn	ἑκτῐκῶν hektikôn	ἑκτῐκῶν hektikôn
Dative	ἑκτῐκῷ hektikôi	ἑκτῐκῇ hektikêi	ἑκτῐκῷ hektikôi	ἑκτῐκοῖν hektikoîn	ἑκτῐκαῖν hektikaîn	ἑκτῐκοῖν hektikoîn	ἑκτῐκοῖς hektikoîs	ἑκτῐκαῖς hektikaîs	ἑκτῐκοῖς hektikoîs
Accusative	ἑκτῐκόν hektikón	ἑκτῐκήν hektikḗn	ἑκτῐκόν hektikón	ἑκτῐκώ hektikṓ	ἑκτῐκᾱ́ hektikā́	ἑκτῐκώ hektikṓ	ἑκτῐκούς hektikoús	ἑκτῐκᾱ́ς hektikā́s	ἑκτῐκᾰ́ hektiká
Vocative	ἑκτῐκέ hektiké	ἑκτῐκή hektikḗ	ἑκτῐκόν hektikón	ἑκτῐκώ hektikṓ	ἑκτῐκᾱ́ hektikā́	ἑκτῐκώ hektikṓ	ἑκτῐκοί hektikoí	ἑκτῐκαί hektikaí	ἑκτῐκᾰ́ hektiká
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ἑκτῐκῶς hektikôs			ἑκτῐκώτερος hektikṓteros			ἑκτῐκώτᾰτος hektikṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

→ Late Latin: hecticus
- Old French: etique (“consumptive”)
  - → Middle English: etik
    - English: hectic (re-formed after the Latin and Greek)
  - French: étique, hectique
- →⇒ Czech: hektický
- →⇒ Finnish: hektinen
- →⇒ Italian: etico
- →⇒ German: hektisch
- →⇒ Norwegian Bokmål: hektisk
- →⇒ Norwegian Nynorsk: hektisk
- →⇒ Swedish: hektisk
→ Serbo-Croatian: jèktika
⇒ Byzantine Greek: ἑκτικιόν (hektikión)
- Greek: χτικιό (chtikió)
⇒ Byzantine Greek: ἑκτικιάζω (hektikiázō)
- Greek: χτικιάζω (chtikiázo)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἑκτικός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 398-9

ἑκτικός

Ancient Greek

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