λυτήριος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λῠτήρ (lutḗr, “who loosens, liberates”) +‎ -ῐος (-ios, “pertaining to”, suffix)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ly.tɛ̌ː.ri.os/ → /lyˈti.ri.os/ → /liˈti.ri.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ly.tɛ̌ː.ri.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /lyˈte̝.ri.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /lyˈti.ri.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /lyˈti.ri.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /liˈti.ri.os/

Adjective

λῠτήρῐος • (lutḗrios) m or f (neuter λῠτήρῐον); second declension, also λῠτήρῐος • (lutḗrios) m (feminine λῠτηρῐ́ᾱ, neuter λῠτήρῐον); first/second declension at Koine

1. loosing, delivering, a symptom of healing
2. (substantive) the atonement or reward for all costs, deliverer from

Declension

Second declension of λῠτήρῐος; λῠτήρῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		λῠτήρῐος lutḗrios	λῠτήρῐον lutḗrion		λῠτηρῐ́ω lutēríō	λῠτηρῐ́ω lutēríō		λῠτήρῐοι lutḗrioi	λῠτήρῐᾰ lutḗria
Genitive		λῠτηρῐ́ου lutēríou	λῠτηρῐ́ου lutēríou		λῠτηρῐ́οιν lutēríoin	λῠτηρῐ́οιν lutēríoin		λῠτηρῐ́ων lutēríōn	λῠτηρῐ́ων lutēríōn
Dative		λῠτηρῐ́ῳ lutēríōi	λῠτηρῐ́ῳ lutēríōi		λῠτηρῐ́οιν lutēríoin	λῠτηρῐ́οιν lutēríoin		λῠτηρῐ́οις lutēríois	λῠτηρῐ́οις lutēríois
Accusative		λῠτήρῐον lutḗrion	λῠτήρῐον lutḗrion		λῠτηρῐ́ω lutēríō	λῠτηρῐ́ω lutēríō		λῠτηρῐ́ους lutēríous	λῠτήρῐᾰ lutḗria
Vocative		λῠτήρῐε lutḗrie	λῠτήρῐον lutḗrion		λῠτηρῐ́ω lutēríō	λῠτηρῐ́ω lutēríō		λῠτήρῐοι lutḗrioi	λῠτήρῐᾰ lutḗria
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First and second declension of λῠτήρῐος; λῠτηρῐ́ᾱ; λῠτήρῐον (Later feminine form -α, Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		λῠτήρῐος lutḗrios	λῠτηρῐ́ᾱ lutēríā	λῠτήρῐον lutḗrion		λῠτηρῐ́ω lutēríō	λῠτηρῐ́ᾱ lutēríā	λῠτηρῐ́ω lutēríō		λῠτήρῐοι lutḗrioi	λῠτήρῐαι lutḗriai	λῠτήρῐᾰ lutḗria
Genitive		λῠτηρῐ́ου lutēríou	λῠτηρῐ́ᾱς lutēríās	λῠτηρῐ́ου lutēríou		λῠτηρῐ́οιν lutēríoin	λῠτηρῐ́αιν lutēríain	λῠτηρῐ́οιν lutēríoin		λῠτηρῐ́ων lutēríōn	λῠτηρῐ́ων lutēríōn	λῠτηρῐ́ων lutēríōn
Dative		λῠτηρῐ́ῳ lutēríōi	λῠτηρῐ́ᾳ lutēríāi	λῠτηρῐ́ῳ lutēríōi		λῠτηρῐ́οιν lutēríoin	λῠτηρῐ́αιν lutēríain	λῠτηρῐ́οιν lutēríoin		λῠτηρῐ́οις lutēríois	λῠτηρῐ́αις lutēríais	λῠτηρῐ́οις lutēríois
Accusative		λῠτήρῐον lutḗrion	λῠτηρῐ́ᾱν lutēríān	λῠτήρῐον lutḗrion		λῠτηρῐ́ω lutēríō	λῠτηρῐ́ᾱ lutēríā	λῠτηρῐ́ω lutēríō		λῠτηρῐ́ους lutēríous	λῠτηρῐ́ᾱς lutēríās	λῠτήρῐᾰ lutḗria
Vocative		λῠτήρῐε lutḗrie	λῠτηρῐ́ᾱ lutēríā	λῠτήρῐον lutḗrion		λῠτηρῐ́ω lutēríō	λῠτηρῐ́ᾱ lutēríā	λῠτηρῐ́ω lutēríō		λῠτήρῐοι lutḗrioi	λῠτήρῐαι lutḗriai	λῠτήρῐᾰ lutḗria
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “λυτήριος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “λυτήριος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λυτήριος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “λυτήριος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• “λυτήριος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011