καυστικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

from καυστός (kaustós, “burnt”) ‎ -ικός (-ikós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kau̯s.ti.kós/ → /kaɸs.tiˈkos/ → /kafs.tiˈkos/

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

Adjective

καυστῐκός • (kaustikós) m (feminine καυστῐκή, neuter καυστῐκόν); first/second declension

1. burnable, combustible
2. corrosive, caustic
3. of or by means of burning
4. feverish, inflammatory

Declension

First and second declension of καυστῐκός; καυστῐκή; καυστῐκόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		καυστῐκός kaustikós	καυστῐκή kaustikḗ	καυστῐκόν kaustikón		καυστῐκώ kaustikṓ	καυστῐκᾱ́ kaustikā́	καυστῐκώ kaustikṓ		καυστῐκοί kaustikoí	καυστῐκαί kaustikaí	καυστῐκᾰ́ kaustiká
Genitive		καυστῐκοῦ kaustikoû	καυστῐκῆς kaustikês	καυστῐκοῦ kaustikoû		καυστῐκοῖν kaustikoîn	καυστῐκαῖν kaustikaîn	καυστῐκοῖν kaustikoîn		καυστῐκῶν kaustikôn	καυστῐκῶν kaustikôn	καυστῐκῶν kaustikôn
Dative		καυστῐκῷ kaustikôi	καυστῐκῇ kaustikêi	καυστῐκῷ kaustikôi		καυστῐκοῖν kaustikoîn	καυστῐκαῖν kaustikaîn	καυστῐκοῖν kaustikoîn		καυστῐκοῖς kaustikoîs	καυστῐκαῖς kaustikaîs	καυστῐκοῖς kaustikoîs
Accusative		καυστῐκόν kaustikón	καυστῐκήν kaustikḗn	καυστῐκόν kaustikón		καυστῐκώ kaustikṓ	καυστῐκᾱ́ kaustikā́	καυστῐκώ kaustikṓ		καυστῐκούς kaustikoús	καυστῐκᾱ́ς kaustikā́s	καυστῐκᾰ́ kaustiká
Vocative		καυστῐκέ kaustiké	καυστῐκή kaustikḗ	καυστῐκόν kaustikón		καυστῐκώ kaustikṓ	καυστῐκᾱ́ kaustikā́	καυστῐκώ kaustikṓ		καυστῐκοί kaustikoí	καυστῐκαί kaustikaí	καυστῐκᾰ́ kaustiká
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		καυστῐκῶς kaustikôs				καυστῐκώτερος kaustikṓteros				καυστῐκώτᾰτος kaustikṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Greek: καυστικός (kafstikós) (learned)
• → Latin: causticus (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• καυστικός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “καυστικός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “καυστικός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek καυστικός (kaustikós) and from French caustique, from Latin causticus, from Ancient Greek καυστικός (kaustikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaf.stiˈkos/
• Hyphenation: καυ‧στι‧κός

Adjective

καυστικός • (kafstikós) m (feminine καυστική, neuter καυστικό)

1. caustic (capable of burning, corroding or destroying organic tissue)
2. (figuratively) caustic (sharp, bitter, cutting, biting, and sarcastic in a scathing way)

Declension

Declension of καυστικός

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	καυστικός (kafstikós)	καυστική (kafstikí)	καυστικό (kafstikó)		καυστικοί (kafstikoí)	καυστικές (kafstikés)	καυστικά (kafstiká)
genitive	καυστικού (kafstikoú)	καυστικής (kafstikís)	καυστικού (kafstikoú)		καυστικών (kafstikón)	καυστικών (kafstikón)	καυστικών (kafstikón)
accusative	καυστικό (kafstikó)	καυστική (kafstikí)	καυστικό (kafstikó)		καυστικούς (kafstikoús)	καυστικές (kafstikés)	καυστικά (kafstiká)
vocative	καυστικέ (kafstiké)	καυστική (kafstikí)	καυστικό (kafstikó)		καυστικοί (kafstikoí)	καυστικές (kafstikés)	καυστικά (kafstiká)

Derivations:
Comparative: πιο positive forms (e.g. πιο καυστικός, etc.)
Relative superlative: definite article πιο positive forms (e.g. ο πιο καυστικός, etc.)

Derived terms

• καυστικότητα f (kafstikótita)