analytikos

Analytikos is the transliterated masculine form of the Greek adjective αναλυτικός, which means analytic or analytical. It is used in Modern Greek to describe things that involve analysis, breakdown into components, precision, or systematic examination. The feminine form is analytiki (αναλυτική) and the neuter form is analytiko (αναλυτικό). The root comes from the verb analyo (αναλύω), “to analyze,” and the suffix -ikos, which forms adjectives.

In contemporary Greek, analytikos appears in a variety of expressions that denote analytical characteristics or processes. Examples include phrases such as analitiko programma (an analytical or detailed program), analytika stoicheia (detailed data), and analytiki noesis or analitiko skepsis (analytic or analytical thinking). The term is primarily an adjective; the corresponding noun for a person who analyzes is analitis (αναλυτής), meaning analyst or examiner.

In English-language contexts, analytikos is not commonly used as an independent term. It may appear as a transliteration in discussions of Greek vocabulary or in titles and headings that aim to retain the original Greek form. When translating or describing Greek concepts, analytical or analytic is typically preferred in English, while analytikos serves as a direct Greek descriptor.

Overall, analytikos functions as a practical label for anything associated with analysis in Greek, reflecting the broader linguistic family of analytic and analytical terms across sciences, philosophy, and everyday language.