λυτός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From λῡ́ω (lū́ō, “loosen”) + -τός (-tós, “a suffix that creates verbal adjectives of possibility, either active or passive”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ly.tós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /lyˈtos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /lyˈtos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /lyˈtos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /liˈtos/
Adjective
λῠτός • (lŭtós) m (feminine λῠτή, neuter λῠτόν); first/second declension
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | λῠτός lŭtós |
λῠτή lŭtḗ |
λῠτόν lŭtón |
λῠτώ lŭtṓ |
λῠτᾱ́ lŭtā́ |
λῠτώ lŭtṓ |
λῠτοί lŭtoí |
λῠταί lŭtaí |
λῠτᾰ́ lŭtắ | |||||
| Genitive | λῠτοῦ lŭtoû |
λῠτῆς lŭtês |
λῠτοῦ lŭtoû |
λῠτοῖν lŭtoîn |
λῠταῖν lŭtaîn |
λῠτοῖν lŭtoîn |
λῠτῶν lŭtôn |
λῠτῶν lŭtôn |
λῠτῶν lŭtôn | |||||
| Dative | λῠτῷ lŭtōî |
λῠτῇ lŭtēî |
λῠτῷ lŭtōî |
λῠτοῖν lŭtoîn |
λῠταῖν lŭtaîn |
λῠτοῖν lŭtoîn |
λῠτοῖς lŭtoîs |
λῠταῖς lŭtaîs |
λῠτοῖς lŭtoîs | |||||
| Accusative | λῠτόν lŭtón |
λῠτήν lŭtḗn |
λῠτόν lŭtón |
λῠτώ lŭtṓ |
λῠτᾱ́ lŭtā́ |
λῠτώ lŭtṓ |
λῠτούς lŭtoús |
λῠτᾱ́ς lŭtā́s |
λῠτᾰ́ lŭtắ | |||||
| Vocative | λῠτέ lŭté |
λῠτή lŭtḗ |
λῠτόν lŭtón |
λῠτώ lŭtṓ |
λῠτᾱ́ lŭtā́ |
λῠτώ lŭtṓ |
λῠτοί lŭtoí |
λῠταί lŭtaí |
λῠτᾰ́ lŭtắ | |||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| λῠτῶς lŭtôs |
λῠτώτερος lŭtṓteros |
λῠτώτᾰτος lŭtṓtătos | ||||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Antonyms
- δετός (detós, “that may be bound”)
Derived terms
- ἄλῠτος (álŭtos, “not to be loosed”)
- βουλῠτός (boulŭtós, “time for unyoking oxen -early afternoon”, adjective)
Related terms
- λῠ́ται m pl (lŭ́tai)
- Λῠταῖος (Lŭtaîos, “title of Poseidon”)
- λῠ́τειρα (lŭ́teira, “feminine of λυτήρ”)
- λῠτέον n (lŭtéon, “one must refute”)
- λῠτέος (lŭtéos, “one must solve”)
- λῠτήρ m (lŭtḗr, “one who looses, deliverer”)
- λῠτηριάς f (lŭtēriás, “λύτειρα”)
- λῠτήριος (lŭtḗrios, “loosing, delivering”)
- λῠτῐκός (lŭtĭkós, “able to loose, laxative”)
- and see: λῡ́ω (lū́ō, “to untie, to solve”)
Further reading
- “λυτός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “λυτός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek λῠτός (lŭtós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /liˈtos/
- Hyphenation: λυ‧τός
- Homophone: λιτός (litós)
Adjective
λυτός • (lytós) m (feminine λυτή, neuter λυτό)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | λυτός (lytós) | λυτή (lytí) | λυτό (lytó) | λυτοί (lytoí) | λυτές (lytés) | λυτά (lytá) | |
| genitive | λυτού (lytoú) | λυτής (lytís) | λυτού (lytoú) | λυτών (lytón) | λυτών (lytón) | λυτών (lytón) | |
| accusative | λυτό (lytó) | λυτή (lytí) | λυτό (lytó) | λυτούς (lytoús) | λυτές (lytés) | λυτά (lytá) | |
| vocative | λυτέ (lyté) | λυτή (lytí) | λυτό (lytó) | λυτοί (lytoí) | λυτές (lytés) | λυτά (lytá) | |
Derivations:
Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο λυτός, etc.)
Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο λυτός, etc.)
Synonyms
- λυμένος (lyménos, “untied”, participle)
Antonyms
Derived terms
- βάζω λυτούς και δεμένους (vázo lytoús kai deménous)
Related terms
- άλυτος (álytos, “unsolvable”)