ὀλισθηρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀλῐσθάνω (olisthánō, “to slip”) +‎ -ρός (-rós, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.lis.tʰɛː.rós/ → /o.lis.θiˈros/ → /o.lis.θiˈros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.lis.tʰɛː.rós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /o.lis.tʰe̝ˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.lis.θiˈros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.lis.θiˈros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.lis.θiˈros/

Adjective

ὀλῐσθηρός • (olisthērós) m (feminine ὀλῐσθηρᾱ́, neuter ὀλῐσθηρόν); first/second declension

1. slippery, slippy
2. slippery, hard to catch and keep hold of
3. liable to slip

Inflection

First and second declension of ὀλῐσθηρός; ὀλῐσθηρᾱ́; ὀλῐσθηρόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὀλῐσθηρός olisthērós	ὀλῐσθηρᾱ́ olisthērā́	ὀλῐσθηρόν olisthērón		ὀλῐσθηρώ olisthērṓ	ὀλῐσθηρᾱ́ olisthērā́	ὀλῐσθηρώ olisthērṓ		ὀλῐσθηροί olisthēroí	ὀλῐσθηραί olisthēraí	ὀλῐσθηρᾰ́ olisthērá
Genitive		ὀλῐσθηροῦ olisthēroû	ὀλῐσθηρᾶς olisthērâs	ὀλῐσθηροῦ olisthēroû		ὀλῐσθηροῖν olisthēroîn	ὀλῐσθηραῖν olisthēraîn	ὀλῐσθηροῖν olisthēroîn		ὀλῐσθηρῶν olisthērôn	ὀλῐσθηρῶν olisthērôn	ὀλῐσθηρῶν olisthērôn
Dative		ὀλῐσθηρῷ olisthērôi	ὀλῐσθηρᾷ olisthērâi	ὀλῐσθηρῷ olisthērôi		ὀλῐσθηροῖν olisthēroîn	ὀλῐσθηραῖν olisthēraîn	ὀλῐσθηροῖν olisthēroîn		ὀλῐσθηροῖς olisthēroîs	ὀλῐσθηραῖς olisthēraîs	ὀλῐσθηροῖς olisthēroîs
Accusative		ὀλῐσθηρόν olisthērón	ὀλῐσθηρᾱ́ν olisthērā́n	ὀλῐσθηρόν olisthērón		ὀλῐσθηρώ olisthērṓ	ὀλῐσθηρᾱ́ olisthērā́	ὀλῐσθηρώ olisthērṓ		ὀλῐσθηρούς olisthēroús	ὀλῐσθηρᾱ́ς olisthērā́s	ὀλῐσθηρᾰ́ olisthērá
Vocative		ὀλῐσθηρέ olisthēré	ὀλῐσθηρᾱ́ olisthērā́	ὀλῐσθηρόν olisthērón		ὀλῐσθηρώ olisthērṓ	ὀλῐσθηρᾱ́ olisthērā́	ὀλῐσθηρώ olisthērṓ		ὀλῐσθηροί olisthēroí	ὀλῐσθηραί olisthēraí	ὀλῐσθηρᾰ́ olisthērá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ὀλῐσθηρῶς olisthērôs				ὀλῐσθηρότερος olisthēróteros				ὀλῐσθηρότᾰτος olisthērótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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