καυστικός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
from καυστός (kaustós, “burnt”) + -ικός (-ikós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kau̯s.ti.kós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kaʍs.tiˈkos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kaɸs.tiˈkos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kafs.tiˈkos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kafs.tiˈkos/
Adjective
καυστῐκός • (kaustĭkós) m (feminine καυστῐκή, neuter καυστῐκόν); first/second declension
- burnable, combustible
- corrosive, caustic
- of or by means of burning
- feverish, inflammatory
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | καυστῐκός kaustĭkós |
καυστῐκή kaustĭkḗ |
καυστῐκόν kaustĭkón |
καυστῐκώ kaustĭkṓ |
καυστῐκᾱ́ kaustĭkā́ |
καυστῐκώ kaustĭkṓ |
καυστῐκοί kaustĭkoí |
καυστῐκαί kaustĭkaí |
καυστῐκᾰ́ kaustĭkắ | |||||
| Genitive | καυστῐκοῦ kaustĭkoû |
καυστῐκῆς kaustĭkês |
καυστῐκοῦ kaustĭkoû |
καυστῐκοῖν kaustĭkoîn |
καυστῐκαῖν kaustĭkaîn |
καυστῐκοῖν kaustĭkoîn |
καυστῐκῶν kaustĭkôn |
καυστῐκῶν kaustĭkôn |
καυστῐκῶν kaustĭkôn | |||||
| Dative | καυστῐκῷ kaustĭkōî |
καυστῐκῇ kaustĭkēî |
καυστῐκῷ kaustĭkōî |
καυστῐκοῖν kaustĭkoîn |
καυστῐκαῖν kaustĭkaîn |
καυστῐκοῖν kaustĭkoîn |
καυστῐκοῖς kaustĭkoîs |
καυστῐκαῖς kaustĭkaîs |
καυστῐκοῖς kaustĭkoîs | |||||
| Accusative | καυστῐκόν kaustĭkón |
καυστῐκήν kaustĭkḗn |
καυστῐκόν kaustĭkón |
καυστῐκώ kaustĭkṓ |
καυστῐκᾱ́ kaustĭkā́ |
καυστῐκώ kaustĭkṓ |
καυστῐκούς kaustĭkoús |
καυστῐκᾱ́ς kaustĭkā́s |
καυστῐκᾰ́ kaustĭkắ | |||||
| Vocative | καυστῐκέ kaustĭké |
καυστῐκή kaustĭkḗ |
καυστῐκόν kaustĭkón |
καυστῐκώ kaustĭkṓ |
καυστῐκᾱ́ kaustĭkā́ |
καυστῐκώ kaustĭkṓ |
καυστῐκοί kaustĭkoí |
καυστῐκαί kaustĭkaí |
καυστῐκᾰ́ kaustĭkắ | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| καυστῐκῶς kaustĭkôs |
καυστῐκώτερος kaustĭkṓteros |
καυστῐκώτᾰτος kaustĭkṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
Further reading
- καυστικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- καυστικός, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “καυστικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Koine Greek καυστικός (kaustikós) and from French caustique, from Latin causticus, from Ancient Greek καυστικός (kaustikós).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaf.stiˈkos/
- Hyphenation: καυ‧στι‧κός
Adjective
καυστικός • (kafstikós) m (feminine καυστική, neuter καυστικό)
- caustic (capable of burning, corroding or destroying organic tissue)
- (figuratively) caustic (sharp, bitter, cutting, biting, and sarcastic in a scathing way)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | καυστικός (kafstikós) | καυστική (kafstikí) | καυστικό (kafstikó) | καυστικοί (kafstikoí) | καυστικές (kafstikés) | καυστικά (kafstiká) | |
| genitive | καυστικού (kafstikoú) | καυστικής (kafstikís) | καυστικού (kafstikoú) | καυστικών (kafstikón) | καυστικών (kafstikón) | καυστικών (kafstikón) | |
| accusative | καυστικό (kafstikó) | καυστική (kafstikí) | καυστικό (kafstikó) | καυστικούς (kafstikoús) | καυστικές (kafstikés) | καυστικά (kafstiká) | |
| vocative | καυστικέ (kafstiké) | καυστική (kafstikí) | καυστικό (kafstikó) | καυστικοί (kafstikoí) | καυστικές (kafstikés) | καυστικά (kafstiká) | |
Derivations:
Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο καυστικός, etc.)
Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο καυστικός, etc.)
Derived terms
- καυστικότητα f (kafstikótita)
References
- ^ καυστικός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language