# λυτός
## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

From λῡ́ω (lū́ō, “loosen”) +‎ -τός (-tós, “a suffix that creates verbal adjectives of possibility, either active or passive”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ly.tós/ → /lyˈtos/ → /liˈtos/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /ly.tós/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /lyˈtos/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /lyˈtos/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /lyˈtos/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /liˈtos/

### Adjective

λῠτός • (lutós) m (feminine λῠτή, neuter λῠτόν); first/second declension
* that may be untied, loosed or dissolved
* (of arguments) refutable, soluble

#### Antonyms

* δετός (detós, “that may be bound”)

#### Derived terms

* ἄλῠτος (álutos, “not to be loosed”)
* βουλῠτός (boulutós, “time for unyoking oxen -early afternoon”, adjective)

#### Related terms

* λῠ́ται m pl (lútai)
* Λῠταῖος (Lutaîos, “title of Poseidon”)
* λῠ́τειρα (lúteira, “feminine of λυτήρ”)
* λῠτέον n (lutéon, “one must refute”)
* λῠτέος (lutéos, “one must solve”)
* λῠτήρ m (lutḗr, “one who looses, deliverer”)
* λῠτηριάς f (lutēriás, “λύτειρα”)
* λῠτήριος (lutḗrios, “loosing, delivering”)
* λῠτῐκός (lutikós, “able to loose, laxative”)
* and see λῡ́ω (lū́ō, “untie, solve”)

### Further reading

* “λυτός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “λυτός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers

## Greek
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek λῠτός (lutós).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /liˈtos/
* Hyphenation: λυ‧τός
* Homophone: λιτός (litós)

### Adjective

λυτός • (lytós) m (feminine λυτή, neuter λυτό)
* undone, loose, untied

#### Declension

| number case \ gender | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| number case \ gender | masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | λυτός • | λυτή • | λυτό • | λυτοί • | λυτές • | λυτά • |
| genitive | λυτού • | λυτής • | λυτού • | λυτών • | λυτών • | λυτών • |
| accusative | λυτό • | λυτή • | λυτό • | λυτούς • | λυτές • | λυτά • |
| vocative | λυτέ • | λυτή • | λυτό • | λυτοί • | λυτές • | λυτά • |
| derivations | Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο λυτός, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο λυτός, etc.) | Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο λυτός, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο λυτός, etc.) | Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο λυτός, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο λυτός, etc.) | Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο λυτός, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο λυτός, etc.) | Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο λυτός, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο λυτός, etc.) | Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο λυτός, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο λυτός, etc.) |

#### Synonyms

* λυμένος (lyménos, “untied”, participle)

#### Antonyms

* δεμένος (deménos, “fastened”, participle)
* δετός (detós, “who can be fastened”)

#### Derived terms

* βάζω λυτούς και δεμένους (vázo lytoús kai deménous)

#### Related terms

* άλυτος (álytos, “unsolvable”)