καθαρτικός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κᾰθαίρω (kăthaírō, “to cleanse, to purify”) + -τῐκός (-tĭkós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ka.tʰar.ti.kós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ka.tʰar.tiˈkos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ka.θar.tiˈkos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ka.θar.tiˈkos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ka.θar.tiˈkos/
Adjective
κᾰθᾰρτῐκός • (kăthărtĭkós) m (feminine κᾰθᾰρτῐκή, neuter κᾰθᾰρτῐκόν); first/second declension
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | κᾰθᾰρτῐκός kăthărtĭkós |
κᾰθᾰρτῐκή kăthărtĭkḗ |
κᾰθᾰρτῐκόν kăthărtĭkón |
κᾰθᾰρτῐκώ kăthărtĭkṓ |
κᾰθᾰρτῐκᾱ́ kăthărtĭkā́ |
κᾰθᾰρτῐκώ kăthărtĭkṓ |
κᾰθᾰρτῐκοί kăthărtĭkoí |
κᾰθᾰρτῐκαί kăthărtĭkaí |
κᾰθᾰρτῐκᾰ́ kăthărtĭkắ | |||||
| Genitive | κᾰθᾰρτῐκοῦ kăthărtĭkoû |
κᾰθᾰρτῐκῆς kăthărtĭkês |
κᾰθᾰρτῐκοῦ kăthărtĭkoû |
κᾰθᾰρτῐκοῖν kăthărtĭkoîn |
κᾰθᾰρτῐκαῖν kăthărtĭkaîn |
κᾰθᾰρτῐκοῖν kăthărtĭkoîn |
κᾰθᾰρτῐκῶν kăthărtĭkôn |
κᾰθᾰρτῐκῶν kăthărtĭkôn |
κᾰθᾰρτῐκῶν kăthărtĭkôn | |||||
| Dative | κᾰθᾰρτῐκῷ kăthărtĭkōî |
κᾰθᾰρτῐκῇ kăthărtĭkēî |
κᾰθᾰρτῐκῷ kăthărtĭkōî |
κᾰθᾰρτῐκοῖν kăthărtĭkoîn |
κᾰθᾰρτῐκαῖν kăthărtĭkaîn |
κᾰθᾰρτῐκοῖν kăthărtĭkoîn |
κᾰθᾰρτῐκοῖς kăthărtĭkoîs |
κᾰθᾰρτῐκαῖς kăthărtĭkaîs |
κᾰθᾰρτῐκοῖς kăthărtĭkoîs | |||||
| Accusative | κᾰθᾰρτῐκόν kăthărtĭkón |
κᾰθᾰρτῐκήν kăthărtĭkḗn |
κᾰθᾰρτῐκόν kăthărtĭkón |
κᾰθᾰρτῐκώ kăthărtĭkṓ |
κᾰθᾰρτῐκᾱ́ kăthărtĭkā́ |
κᾰθᾰρτῐκώ kăthărtĭkṓ |
κᾰθᾰρτῐκούς kăthărtĭkoús |
κᾰθᾰρτῐκᾱ́ς kăthărtĭkā́s |
κᾰθᾰρτῐκᾰ́ kăthărtĭkắ | |||||
| Vocative | κᾰθᾰρτῐκέ kăthărtĭké |
κᾰθᾰρτῐκή kăthărtĭkḗ |
κᾰθᾰρτῐκόν kăthărtĭkón |
κᾰθᾰρτῐκώ kăthărtĭkṓ |
κᾰθᾰρτῐκᾱ́ kăthărtĭkā́ |
κᾰθᾰρτῐκώ kăthărtĭkṓ |
κᾰθᾰρτῐκοί kăthărtĭkoí |
κᾰθᾰρτῐκαί kăthărtĭkaí |
κᾰθᾰρτῐκᾰ́ kăthărtĭkắ | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| κᾰθᾰρτῐκῶς kăthărtĭkôs |
κᾰθᾰρτῐκώτερος kăthărtĭkṓteros |
κᾰθᾰρτῐκώτᾰτος kăthărtĭkṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: καθαρτικός (kathartikós)
- → New Latin: catharticus (learned)
- → English: cathartic (learned)
- → French: cathartique (learned)
- → Romanian: cathartic
- → German: kathartisch (learned)
- → Hungarian: katartikus
- → Italian: catartico (learned)
- → Portuguese: catártico (learned)
- → Spanish: catártico (learned)
Further reading
- “καθαρτικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “καθαρτικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- καθαρτικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek καθαρτικός (kathartikós).
Adjective
καθαρτικός • (kathartikós) m (feminine καθαρτική, neuter καθαρτικό)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | καθαρτικός (kathartikós) | καθαρτική (kathartikí) | καθαρτικό (kathartikó) | καθαρτικοί (kathartikoí) | καθαρτικές (kathartikés) | καθαρτικά (kathartiká) | |
| genitive | καθαρτικού (kathartikoú) | καθαρτικής (kathartikís) | καθαρτικού (kathartikoú) | καθαρτικών (kathartikón) | καθαρτικών (kathartikón) | καθαρτικών (kathartikón) | |
| accusative | καθαρτικό (kathartikó) | καθαρτική (kathartikí) | καθαρτικό (kathartikó) | καθαρτικούς (kathartikoús) | καθαρτικές (kathartikés) | καθαρτικά (kathartiká) | |
| vocative | καθαρτικέ (kathartiké) | καθαρτική (kathartikí) | καθαρτικό (kathartikó) | καθαρτικοί (kathartikoí) | καθαρτικές (kathartikés) | καθαρτικά (kathartiká) | |
Related terms
- see: καθαρός (katharós, “clean, pure”)