ἑκτικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἕξις (héxis, “possession, condition”) +‎ -ικός (-ikós, “adjectival suffix”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hek.ti.kós/ → /ek.tiˈkos/ → /ek.tiˈkos/

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

Adjective

ἑκτῐκός • (hektikós) m (feminine ἑκτῐκή, neuter ἑκτῐκόν); first/second declension

1. formed by or forming habit
2. easy, fluent
3. sustaining
4. capable of
5. hectic, consumptive

Declension

First and second declension of ἑκτῐκός; ἑκτῐκή; ἑκτῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἑκτῐκός hektikós	ἑκτῐκή hektikḗ	ἑκτῐκόν hektikón		ἑκτῐκώ hektikṓ	ἑκτῐκᾱ́ hektikā́	ἑκτῐκώ hektikṓ		ἑκτῐκοί hektikoí	ἑκτῐκαί hektikaí	ἑκτῐκᾰ́ hektiká
Genitive		ἑκτῐκοῦ hektikoû	ἑκτῐκῆς hektikês	ἑκτῐκοῦ hektikoû		ἑκτῐκοῖν hektikoîn	ἑκτῐκαῖν hektikaîn	ἑκτῐκοῖν hektikoîn		ἑκτῐκῶν hektikôn	ἑκτῐκῶν hektikôn	ἑκτῐκῶν hektikôn
Dative		ἑκτῐκῷ hektikôi	ἑκτῐκῇ hektikêi	ἑκτῐκῷ hektikôi		ἑκτῐκοῖν hektikoîn	ἑκτῐκαῖν hektikaîn	ἑκτῐκοῖν hektikoîn		ἑκτῐκοῖς hektikoîs	ἑκτῐκαῖς hektikaîs	ἑκτῐκοῖς hektikoîs
Accusative		ἑκτῐκόν hektikón	ἑκτῐκήν hektikḗn	ἑκτῐκόν hektikón		ἑκτῐκώ hektikṓ	ἑκτῐκᾱ́ hektikā́	ἑκτῐκώ hektikṓ		ἑκτῐκούς hektikoús	ἑκτῐκᾱ́ς hektikā́s	ἑκτῐκᾰ́ hektiká
Vocative		ἑκτῐκέ hektiké	ἑκτῐκή hektikḗ	ἑκτῐκόν hektikón		ἑκτῐκώ hektikṓ	ἑκτῐκᾱ́ hektikā́	ἑκτῐκώ hektikṓ		ἑκτῐκοί hektikoí	ἑκτῐκαί hektikaí	ἑκτῐκᾰ́ hektiká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἑκτῐκῶς hektikôs				ἑκτῐκώτερος hektikṓteros				ἑκτῐκώτᾰτος hektikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Late Latin: hecticus
  • Old French: etique (“consumptive”)
    • → Middle English: etik
      • English: hectic (re-formed after the Latin and Greek)
    • French: étique, hectique
  • →⇒ Czech: hektický
  • →⇒ Finnish: hektinen
  • →⇒ Italian: etico
  • →⇒ German: hektisch
  • →⇒ Norwegian Bokmål: hektisk
  • →⇒ Norwegian Nynorsk: hektisk
  • →⇒ Swedish: hektisk
• → Serbo-Croatian: jèktika
• ⇒ Byzantine Greek: ἑκτικιόν (hektikión)
  • Greek: χτικιό (chtikió)
• ⇒ Byzantine Greek: ἑκτικιάζω (hektikiázō)
  • Greek: χτικιάζω (chtikiázo)

Further reading

• ἑκτικός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἑκτικός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “ἑκτικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press