λυτικός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

λύω (lúō, loosen) + -τῐκός (-tikós).

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Adjective

λῠτῐκός (lutikós) m (feminine λῠτῐκή, neuter λῠτῐκόν); first/second declension

  1. able to loose, laxative
  2. antidote to a poison
    • 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, Enquiry into Plants 9.16.5
  3. dispersive of inflammation
    • 129 CE – 216 CE, Galen, Collected Works 11.751
  4. (of arguments) able to refute, confutative

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