εὔτηκτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὖ (eû, “well”) +‎ τήκω (tḗkō, “to melt”) +‎ -τος (-tos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ěu̯.tɛːk.tos/ → /ˈeɸ.tik.tos/ → /ˈef.tik.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ěu̯.tɛːk.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈew.te̝k.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈeɸ.tik.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈef.tik.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈef.tik.tos/

Adjective

εὔτηκτος • (eútēktos) m or f (neuter εὔτηκτον); second declension

1. easily melted or dissolved
   • 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Problems 1.50

Inflection

Second declension of εὔτηκτος; εὔτηκτον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		εὔτηκτος eútēktos	εὔτηκτον eútēkton		εὐτήκτω eutḗktō	εὐτήκτω eutḗktō		εὔτηκτοι eútēktoi	εὔτηκτᾰ eútēkta
Genitive		εὐτήκτου eutḗktou	εὐτήκτου eutḗktou		εὐτήκτοιν eutḗktoin	εὐτήκτοιν eutḗktoin		εὐτήκτων eutḗktōn	εὐτήκτων eutḗktōn
Dative		εὐτήκτῳ eutḗktōi	εὐτήκτῳ eutḗktōi		εὐτήκτοιν eutḗktoin	εὐτήκτοιν eutḗktoin		εὐτήκτοις eutḗktois	εὐτήκτοις eutḗktois
Accusative		εὔτηκτον eútēkton	εὔτηκτον eútēkton		εὐτήκτω eutḗktō	εὐτήκτω eutḗktō		εὐτήκτους eutḗktous	εὔτηκτᾰ eútēkta
Vocative		εὔτηκτε eútēkte	εὔτηκτον eútēkton		εὐτήκτω eutḗktō	εὐτήκτω eutḗktō		εὔτηκτοι eútēktoi	εὔτηκτᾰ eútēkta
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		εὐτήκτως eutḗktōs			εὐτηκτότερος eutēktóteros			εὐτηκτότᾰτος eutēktótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: eutectic

Further reading

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