"θετικός" meaning in Ancient Greek

See θετικός in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /tʰe.ti.kós/, /θe.tiˈkos/, /θe.tiˈkos/, /tʰe.ti.kós/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /tʰe.tiˈkos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /θe.tiˈkos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /θe.tiˈkos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /θe.tiˈkos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From θέσῐς (thésĭs) + -τῐκός (-tĭkós), from τίθημι (títhēmi, “I place”). Etymology templates: {{affix|grc|θέσῐς|-τῐκός}} θέσῐς (thésĭs) + -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Inflection templates: {{grc-adecl|θετῐκός|θετῐκή}} Forms: θετῐκός [canonical], thetĭkós [romanization], θετῐκή [feminine], θετῐκόν [neuter], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], θετῐκός [masculine, nominative, singular], θετῐκή [feminine, nominative, singular], θετῐκόν [neuter, nominative, singular], θετῐκώ [dual, masculine, nominative], θετῐκᾱ́ [dual, feminine, nominative], θετῐκώ [dual, neuter, nominative], θετῐκοί [masculine, nominative, plural], θετῐκαί [feminine, nominative, plural], θετῐκᾰ́ [neuter, nominative, plural], θετῐκοῦ [genitive, masculine, singular], θετῐκῆς [feminine, genitive, singular], θετῐκοῦ [genitive, neuter, singular], θετῐκοῖν [dual, genitive, masculine], θετῐκαῖν [dual, feminine, genitive], θετῐκοῖν [dual, genitive, neuter], θετῐκῶν [genitive, masculine, plural], θετῐκῶν [feminine, genitive, plural], θετῐκῶν [genitive, neuter, plural], θετῐκῷ [dative, masculine, singular], θετῐκῇ [dative, feminine, singular], θετῐκῷ [dative, neuter, singular], θετῐκοῖν [dative, dual, masculine], θετῐκαῖν [dative, dual, feminine], θετῐκοῖν [dative, dual, neuter], θετῐκοῖς [dative, masculine, plural], θετῐκαῖς [dative, feminine, plural], θετῐκοῖς [dative, neuter, plural], θετῐκόν [accusative, masculine, singular], θετῐκήν [accusative, feminine, singular], θετῐκόν [accusative, neuter, singular], θετῐκώ [accusative, dual, masculine], θετῐκᾱ́ [accusative, dual, feminine], θετῐκώ [accusative, dual, neuter], θετῐκούς [accusative, masculine, plural], θετῐκᾱ́ς [accusative, feminine, plural], θετῐκᾰ́ [accusative, neuter, plural], θετῐκέ [masculine, singular, vocative], θετῐκή [feminine, singular, vocative], θετῐκόν [neuter, singular, vocative], θετῐκώ [dual, masculine, vocative], θετῐκᾱ́ [dual, feminine, vocative], θετῐκώ [dual, neuter, vocative], θετῐκοί [masculine, plural, vocative], θετῐκαί [feminine, plural, vocative], θετῐκᾰ́ [neuter, plural, vocative], θετῐκῶς [adverbial, feminine, masculine, neuter], θετῐκώτερος [comparative, feminine, masculine, neuter], θετῐκώτᾰτος [feminine, masculine, neuter, superlative]
  1. fit for placing, apposite
    Sense id: en-θετικός-grc-adj-iuIHMMym
  2. concerning adoption
    Sense id: en-θετικός-grc-adj-X9yePC5P Categories (other): Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -τικός Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -τικός: 7 18 18 9 16 23 9
  3. belonging to a thesis, disputable
    Sense id: en-θετικός-grc-adj-wgGxjH5- Categories (other): Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -τικός, Pages with 2 entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -τικός: 7 18 18 9 16 23 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 4 8 28 4 7 32 2 2 1 0 6 7
  4. positive, affirmative Tags: affirmative, positive
    Sense id: en-θετικός-grc-adj-aR988O6B
  5. positive, affirmative
    (grammar) positive
    (neuter substantive) the positive degree
    Tags: neuter, substantive Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-θετικός-grc-adj-rPUzNZjw Categories (other): Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -τικός Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -τικός: 7 18 18 9 16 23 9 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  6. positive, affirmative
    (grammar) positive
    expressing obligation, of verbals ending in -τέον (-téon)
    Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-θετικός-grc-adj-qu9NobLo Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -τικός, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 5 16 20 10 15 28 6 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -τικός: 7 18 18 9 16 23 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 4 8 28 4 7 32 2 2 1 0 6 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 6 23 3 6 44 1 2 1 0 5 6 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  7. arbitrary
    Sense id: en-θετικός-grc-adj-hyiNaO1x
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ἀγωνοθετικός (agōnothetikós), ἀντιθετικός (antithetikós), ἀποθετικός (apothetikós), διαθετικός (diathetikós), ἐκθετικός (ekthetikós), ἐνθετικός (enthetikós), ἐπενθετικός (epenthetikós), ἐπιθετικός (epithetikós), ἐπισυνθετικός (episunthetikós), νομοθετικός (nomothetikós), ὀνοματοθετικός (onomatothetikós), προεκθετικός (proekthetikós), προθετικός (prothetikós), προσθετικός (prosthetikós), συγκαταθετικός (sunkatathetikós), συνθετικός (sunthetikós), ὑπερθετικός (huperthetikós), ὑποθετικός (hupothetikós)
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    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "θετῐκᾱ́ς",
      "roman": "thetĭkā́s",
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    {
      "form": "θετῐκᾰ́",
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      "form": "θετῐκώτερος",
      "roman": "thetĭkṓteros",
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        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
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      "form": "θετῐκώτᾰτος",
      "roman": "thetĭkṓtătos",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "superlative"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "agōnothetikós",
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      "roman": "sunkatathetikós",
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      "roman": "sunthetikós",
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      "word": "ὑποθετικός"
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      "ipa": "/tʰe.ti.kós/"
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      "ipa": "/θe.tiˈkos/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/θe.tiˈkos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰe.ti.kós/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰe.tiˈkos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/θe.tiˈkos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/θe.tiˈkos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/θe.tiˈkos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
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}
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        "neuter"
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      "word": "ἀγωνοθετικός"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "positive, affirmative",
        "(grammar) positive",
        "expressing obligation, of verbals ending in -τέον (-téon)"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "arbitrary"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "arbitrary",
          "arbitrary"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰe.ti.kós/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/θe.tiˈkos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/θe.tiˈkos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰe.ti.kós/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tʰe.tiˈkos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/θe.tiˈkos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/θe.tiˈkos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/θe.tiˈkos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "θετικός"
}

Download raw JSONL data for θετικός meaning in Ancient Greek (10.1kB)

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: θετικός/Ancient Greek 'Number' base_tags={'2', 'd', 'i', 'o', 's', 'c', 't', 'n', '-', 'l', 'e', 'A'}",
  "path": [
    "θετικός"
  ],
  "section": "Ancient Greek",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "θετικός",
  "trace": ""
}

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