σπαστικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σπᾰ́σῐς (spásis, “drawing up, traction”) +‎ -τῐκός (-tikós), from σπᾰ́ω (spáō, “I draw, pull”).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Adjective

σπᾰστῐκός • (spastikós) m (feminine σπᾰστῐκή, neuter σπᾰστῐκόν); first/second declension

1. drawing in, absorbing

Inflection

First and second declension of σπᾰστῐκός; σπᾰστῐκή; σπᾰστῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		σπᾰστῐκός spastikós	σπᾰστῐκή spastikḗ	σπᾰστῐκόν spastikón		σπᾰστῐκώ spastikṓ	σπᾰστῐκᾱ́ spastikā́	σπᾰστῐκώ spastikṓ		σπᾰστῐκοί spastikoí	σπᾰστῐκαί spastikaí	σπᾰστῐκᾰ́ spastiká
Genitive		σπᾰστῐκοῦ spastikoû	σπᾰστῐκῆς spastikês	σπᾰστῐκοῦ spastikoû		σπᾰστῐκοῖν spastikoîn	σπᾰστῐκαῖν spastikaîn	σπᾰστῐκοῖν spastikoîn		σπᾰστῐκῶν spastikôn	σπᾰστῐκῶν spastikôn	σπᾰστῐκῶν spastikôn
Dative		σπᾰστῐκῷ spastikôi	σπᾰστῐκῇ spastikêi	σπᾰστῐκῷ spastikôi		σπᾰστῐκοῖν spastikoîn	σπᾰστῐκαῖν spastikaîn	σπᾰστῐκοῖν spastikoîn		σπᾰστῐκοῖς spastikoîs	σπᾰστῐκαῖς spastikaîs	σπᾰστῐκοῖς spastikoîs
Accusative		σπᾰστῐκόν spastikón	σπᾰστῐκήν spastikḗn	σπᾰστῐκόν spastikón		σπᾰστῐκώ spastikṓ	σπᾰστῐκᾱ́ spastikā́	σπᾰστῐκώ spastikṓ		σπᾰστῐκούς spastikoús	σπᾰστῐκᾱ́ς spastikā́s	σπᾰστῐκᾰ́ spastiká
Vocative		σπᾰστῐκέ spastiké	σπᾰστῐκή spastikḗ	σπᾰστῐκόν spastikón		σπᾰστῐκώ spastikṓ	σπᾰστῐκᾱ́ spastikā́	σπᾰστῐκώ spastikṓ		σπᾰστῐκοί spastikoí	σπᾰστῐκαί spastikaí	σπᾰστῐκᾰ́ spastiká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		σπᾰστῐκῶς spastikôs				σπᾰστῐκώτερος spastikṓteros				σπᾰστῐκώτᾰτος spastikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• σπᾰσμός (spasmós)

References

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