ἐμετικός

See also: εμετικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἔμετος (émetos, “vomiting”) +‎ -ῐκός (-ĭkós, “-ic”, adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

ἐμετῐκός • (emetĭkós) m (feminine ἐμετῐκή, neuter ἐμετῐκόν); first/second declension

provoking sickness
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Problems 873b.36:
  ᾰ̓ηδὴς δὲ ὢν ὁ ῠ̔δᾰρὴς οἶνος ἐπῐπολᾰστῐκός ἐστῐ· τὸ δὲ τοιοῦτον ἐμετῐκόν ἐστῐν.
  ăēdḕs dè ṑn ho hŭdărḕs oînos epĭpolăstĭkós estĭ; tò dè toioûton emetĭkón estĭn.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
inclined to vomit
- 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates of Kos, On Regimen in Acute Diseases 67:
  Ἥκῐστᾰ δὲ λούειν […], οὐδὲ τοὺς ᾰ̓σώδεᾰς ἢ ἐμετῐκοὺς
  Hḗkĭstă dè loúein […], oudè toùs ăsṓdeăs ḕ emetĭkoùs
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 632b.11:
  Ἔστῐ δὲ τᾰ̀ μὲν μᾰκροσκελῆ τῶν ζῴων ῠ̔γροκοίλῐᾰ, τᾰ̀ δ̓ εὐρῠστήθη ἐμετῐκᾰ̀ μᾶλλον
  Éstĭ dè tằ mèn măkroskelê tôn zōíōn hŭgrokoílĭă, tằ d eurŭstḗthē emetĭkằ mâllon
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Inflection

First and second declension of ἐμετῐκός; ἐμετῐκή; ἐμετῐκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἐμετῐκός emetĭkós	ἐμετῐκή emetĭkḗ	ἐμετῐκόν emetĭkón	ἐμετῐκώ emetĭkṓ	ἐμετῐκᾱ́ emetĭkā́	ἐμετῐκώ emetĭkṓ	ἐμετῐκοί emetĭkoí	ἐμετῐκαί emetĭkaí	ἐμετῐκᾰ́ emetĭkắ
Genitive	ἐμετῐκοῦ emetĭkoû	ἐμετῐκῆς emetĭkês	ἐμετῐκοῦ emetĭkoû	ἐμετῐκοῖν emetĭkoîn	ἐμετῐκαῖν emetĭkaîn	ἐμετῐκοῖν emetĭkoîn	ἐμετῐκῶν emetĭkôn	ἐμετῐκῶν emetĭkôn	ἐμετῐκῶν emetĭkôn
Dative	ἐμετῐκῷ emetĭkōî	ἐμετῐκῇ emetĭkēî	ἐμετῐκῷ emetĭkōî	ἐμετῐκοῖν emetĭkoîn	ἐμετῐκαῖν emetĭkaîn	ἐμετῐκοῖν emetĭkoîn	ἐμετῐκοῖς emetĭkoîs	ἐμετῐκαῖς emetĭkaîs	ἐμετῐκοῖς emetĭkoîs
Accusative	ἐμετῐκόν emetĭkón	ἐμετῐκήν emetĭkḗn	ἐμετῐκόν emetĭkón	ἐμετῐκώ emetĭkṓ	ἐμετῐκᾱ́ emetĭkā́	ἐμετῐκώ emetĭkṓ	ἐμετῐκούς emetĭkoús	ἐμετῐκᾱ́ς emetĭkā́s	ἐμετῐκᾰ́ emetĭkắ
Vocative	ἐμετῐκέ emetĭké	ἐμετῐκή emetĭkḗ	ἐμετῐκόν emetĭkón	ἐμετῐκώ emetĭkṓ	ἐμετῐκᾱ́ emetĭkā́	ἐμετῐκώ emetĭkṓ	ἐμετῐκοί emetĭkoí	ἐμετῐκαί emetĭkaí	ἐμετῐκᾰ́ emetĭkắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ἐμετῐκῶς emetĭkôs			ἐμετῐκώτερος emetĭkṓteros			ἐμετῐκώτᾰτος emetĭkṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἐμετῐκή (emetĭkḗ, substantive)

Related terms

ἐμετῐᾰ́ω (emetĭắō)
ἐμετός (emetós)
ἐμετώδης (emetṓdēs)
ἐμέω (eméō)

Descendants

Greek: εμετικός (emetikós)
→ Latin: emeticus
- → English: emetic

References

“ἐμετικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press