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ῥεκ-τικός

rektikos

able to do

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What it meant — LSJ

1. ῥεκ-τικός · rhek-tikos

able to do

able to do, τῶν ἐφʼ ἡμῖν μόνων ῥεκτικὸς ὁ σπουδαῖος Porph. ad Od. 1.5.

2. ῥηκ-τικός · rhēk-tikos

apt to burst

apt to burst, τὸ ψυχρὸν φλεβῶν ῥηκτικόν Hp. Epid. 6.3.6.

2 causing, to break

causing abscesses to break, Aët. 15.17.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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