σπαστικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σπᾰ́σῐς (spắsĭs, “drawing up, traction”) +‎ -τῐκός (-tĭkós), from σπᾰ́ω (spắō, “I draw, pull”).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

σπᾰστῐκός • (spăstĭkós) m (feminine σπᾰστῐκή, neuter σπᾰστῐκόν); first/second declension

drawing in, absorbing

Inflection

First and second declension of σπᾰστῐκός; σπᾰστῐκή; σπᾰστῐκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	σπᾰστῐκός spăstĭkós	σπᾰστῐκή spăstĭkḗ	σπᾰστῐκόν spăstĭkón	σπᾰστῐκώ spăstĭkṓ	σπᾰστῐκᾱ́ spăstĭkā́	σπᾰστῐκώ spăstĭkṓ	σπᾰστῐκοί spăstĭkoí	σπᾰστῐκαί spăstĭkaí	σπᾰστῐκᾰ́ spăstĭkắ
Genitive	σπᾰστῐκοῦ spăstĭkoû	σπᾰστῐκῆς spăstĭkês	σπᾰστῐκοῦ spăstĭkoû	σπᾰστῐκοῖν spăstĭkoîn	σπᾰστῐκαῖν spăstĭkaîn	σπᾰστῐκοῖν spăstĭkoîn	σπᾰστῐκῶν spăstĭkôn	σπᾰστῐκῶν spăstĭkôn	σπᾰστῐκῶν spăstĭkôn
Dative	σπᾰστῐκῷ spăstĭkōî	σπᾰστῐκῇ spăstĭkēî	σπᾰστῐκῷ spăstĭkōî	σπᾰστῐκοῖν spăstĭkoîn	σπᾰστῐκαῖν spăstĭkaîn	σπᾰστῐκοῖν spăstĭkoîn	σπᾰστῐκοῖς spăstĭkoîs	σπᾰστῐκαῖς spăstĭkaîs	σπᾰστῐκοῖς spăstĭkoîs
Accusative	σπᾰστῐκόν spăstĭkón	σπᾰστῐκήν spăstĭkḗn	σπᾰστῐκόν spăstĭkón	σπᾰστῐκώ spăstĭkṓ	σπᾰστῐκᾱ́ spăstĭkā́	σπᾰστῐκώ spăstĭkṓ	σπᾰστῐκούς spăstĭkoús	σπᾰστῐκᾱ́ς spăstĭkā́s	σπᾰστῐκᾰ́ spăstĭkắ
Vocative	σπᾰστῐκέ spăstĭké	σπᾰστῐκή spăstĭkḗ	σπᾰστῐκόν spăstĭkón	σπᾰστῐκώ spăstĭkṓ	σπᾰστῐκᾱ́ spăstĭkā́	σπᾰστῐκώ spăstĭkṓ	σπᾰστῐκοί spăstĭkoí	σπᾰστῐκαί spăstĭkaí	σπᾰστῐκᾰ́ spăstĭkắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	σπᾰστῐκῶς spăstĭkôs			σπᾰστῐκώτερος spăstĭkṓteros			σπᾰστῐκώτᾰτος spăstĭkṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

σπᾰσμός (spăsmós)

References

“σπαστικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
σπαστικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette