θεραπευτικός

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From θερᾰπευτής (therapeutḗs, attendant) +‎ -ῐκός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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θερᾰπευτῐκός (therapeutikósm (feminine θερᾰπευτῐκή, neuter θερᾰπευτῐκόν); first/second declension

  1. inclined to serve, servile
  2. (in good and bad sense) courteous, obsequious
  3. inclined to take care of, careful of
  4. (of medical treatment) therapeutic, curative

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • English: therapeutic
  • Greek: θεραπευτικός (therapeftikós) (learned)
  • Italian: terapeutico

Further reading

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek θεραπευτικός (therapeutikós).[1] By surface analysis, θεραπευτ(ής) (therapeft(ís)) +‎ -ικός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /θe.ɾa.pe.ftiˈkos/
  • Hyphenation: θε‧ρα‧πευ‧τι‧κός

Adjective

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θεραπευτικός (therapeftikósm (feminine θεραπευτική, neuter θεραπευτικό)

  1. therapeutic, curative, healing

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ θεραπευτικός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language