ἐφελκυστικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐφέλκῠσῐς (ephélkŭsĭs, “attraction”) +‎ -τῐκός (-tĭkós), from ἐφέλκω (ephélkō, “I drag towards, I draw towards”), from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + ἕλκω (hélkō, “I draw, I drag, I pull, I attract”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pʰel.kys.ti.kós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.pʰel.kys.tiˈkos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.ɸel.cys.tiˈkos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.fel.cys.tiˈkos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.fel.cis.tiˈkos/

Adjective

ἐφελκῠστῐκός • (ephelkŭstĭkós) m (feminine ἐφελκῠστῐκή, neuter ἐφελκῠστῐκόν); first/second declension

Inflection

First and second declension of ἐφελκῠστῐκός; ἐφελκῠστῐκή; ἐφελκῠστῐκόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἐφελκῠστῐκός ephelkŭstĭkós	ἐφελκῠστῐκή ephelkŭstĭkḗ	ἐφελκῠστῐκόν ephelkŭstĭkón	ἐφελκῠστῐκώ ephelkŭstĭkṓ	ἐφελκῠστῐκᾱ́ ephelkŭstĭkā́	ἐφελκῠστῐκώ ephelkŭstĭkṓ	ἐφελκῠστῐκοί ephelkŭstĭkoí	ἐφελκῠστῐκαί ephelkŭstĭkaí	ἐφελκῠστῐκᾰ́ ephelkŭstĭkắ
Genitive	ἐφελκῠστῐκοῦ ephelkŭstĭkoû	ἐφελκῠστῐκῆς ephelkŭstĭkês	ἐφελκῠστῐκοῦ ephelkŭstĭkoû	ἐφελκῠστῐκοῖν ephelkŭstĭkoîn	ἐφελκῠστῐκαῖν ephelkŭstĭkaîn	ἐφελκῠστῐκοῖν ephelkŭstĭkoîn	ἐφελκῠστῐκῶν ephelkŭstĭkôn	ἐφελκῠστῐκῶν ephelkŭstĭkôn	ἐφελκῠστῐκῶν ephelkŭstĭkôn
Dative	ἐφελκῠστῐκῷ ephelkŭstĭkōî	ἐφελκῠστῐκῇ ephelkŭstĭkēî	ἐφελκῠστῐκῷ ephelkŭstĭkōî	ἐφελκῠστῐκοῖν ephelkŭstĭkoîn	ἐφελκῠστῐκαῖν ephelkŭstĭkaîn	ἐφελκῠστῐκοῖν ephelkŭstĭkoîn	ἐφελκῠστῐκοῖς ephelkŭstĭkoîs	ἐφελκῠστῐκαῖς ephelkŭstĭkaîs	ἐφελκῠστῐκοῖς ephelkŭstĭkoîs
Accusative	ἐφελκῠστῐκόν ephelkŭstĭkón	ἐφελκῠστῐκήν ephelkŭstĭkḗn	ἐφελκῠστῐκόν ephelkŭstĭkón	ἐφελκῠστῐκώ ephelkŭstĭkṓ	ἐφελκῠστῐκᾱ́ ephelkŭstĭkā́	ἐφελκῠστῐκώ ephelkŭstĭkṓ	ἐφελκῠστῐκούς ephelkŭstĭkoús	ἐφελκῠστῐκᾱ́ς ephelkŭstĭkā́s	ἐφελκῠστῐκᾰ́ ephelkŭstĭkắ
Vocative	ἐφελκῠστῐκέ ephelkŭstĭké	ἐφελκῠστῐκή ephelkŭstĭkḗ	ἐφελκῠστῐκόν ephelkŭstĭkón	ἐφελκῠστῐκώ ephelkŭstĭkṓ	ἐφελκῠστῐκᾱ́ ephelkŭstĭkā́	ἐφελκῠστῐκώ ephelkŭstĭkṓ	ἐφελκῠστῐκοί ephelkŭstĭkoí	ἐφελκῠστῐκαί ephelkŭstĭkaí	ἐφελκῠστῐκᾰ́ ephelkŭstĭkắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ἐφελκῠστῐκῶς ephelkŭstĭkôs			ἐφελκῠστῐκώτερος ephelkŭstĭkṓteros			ἐφελκῠστῐκώτᾰτος ephelkŭstĭkṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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