λυτικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

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 • (lŭtĭkós) 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 lŭtĭkós	λῠτῐκή lŭtĭkḗ	λῠτῐκόν lŭtĭkón	λῠτῐκώ lŭtĭkṓ	λῠτῐκᾱ́ lŭtĭkā́	λῠτῐκώ lŭtĭkṓ	λῠτῐκοί lŭtĭkoí	λῠτῐκαί lŭtĭkaí	λῠτῐκᾰ́ lŭtĭkắ
Genitive	λῠτῐκοῦ lŭtĭkoû	λῠτῐκῆς lŭtĭkês	λῠτῐκοῦ lŭtĭkoû	λῠτῐκοῖν lŭtĭkoîn	λῠτῐκαῖν lŭtĭkaîn	λῠτῐκοῖν lŭtĭkoîn	λῠτῐκῶν lŭtĭkôn	λῠτῐκῶν lŭtĭkôn	λῠτῐκῶν lŭtĭkôn
Dative	λῠτῐκῷ lŭtĭkôi	λῠτῐκῇ lŭtĭkêi	λῠτῐκῷ lŭtĭkôi	λῠτῐκοῖν lŭtĭkoîn	λῠτῐκαῖν lŭtĭkaîn	λῠτῐκοῖν lŭtĭkoîn	λῠτῐκοῖς lŭtĭkoîs	λῠτῐκαῖς lŭtĭkaîs	λῠτῐκοῖς lŭtĭkoîs
Accusative	λῠτῐκόν lŭtĭkón	λῠτῐκήν lŭtĭkḗn	λῠτῐκόν lŭtĭkón	λῠτῐκώ lŭtĭkṓ	λῠτῐκᾱ́ lŭtĭkā́	λῠτῐκώ lŭtĭkṓ	λῠτῐκούς lŭtĭkoús	λῠτῐκᾱ́ς lŭtĭkā́s	λῠτῐκᾰ́ lŭtĭkắ
Vocative	λῠτῐκέ lŭtĭké	λῠτῐκή lŭtĭkḗ	λῠτῐκόν lŭtĭkón	λῠτῐκώ lŭtĭkṓ	λῠτῐκᾱ́ lŭtĭkā́	λῠτῐκώ lŭtĭkṓ	λῠτῐκοί lŭtĭkoí	λῠτῐκαί lŭtĭkaí	λῠτῐκᾰ́ lŭtĭkắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	λῠτῐκῶς lŭtĭkôs			λῠτῐκώτερος lŭtĭkṓteros			λῠτῐκώτᾰτος lŭtĭkṓtătos
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