δραστικός

A. = δραστήριος, σχήματα representing attack, in a war-dance, Pl. Lg. 815a; efficient (cause), δ. αἴτιον ὀργῆς Phld. Ir. p.98W., cf. D. 1.14; δραστικοὺς τῶν κακῶν(τοὺς θεούς) ib.19, cf. Max. Tyr.18.2; παχυμεροῦς ὕλης δ., of river fish, Xenocr. 9; of persons, Plu. Cor. 21: Comp. διάνοια ‐ώτερον χειρός Ph. 1.542: Sup., Onos. 22.4.

2. active, opp. passive, δ. ποιότητες, ἀρχαί, Stoic. 2.133, 134; ‐ώτατον τὸ θερμόν ib.135; ‐ώτατα στοιχεῖα Ph. 2.142.

3. as Medic. term, drastic, Dsc. 1.19.4 (Sup.); φάρμακον Gp. 13.14.5, cf. Xenocr. ap. Orib. 2.58.50. Adv. ‐κῶς Gal. 10.368.

4. Gramm., δ. διάβασις, = δρᾶσις 1.3, A.D. Pron. 115.6.