Πολυκράτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πολύς (polús) +‎ κράτος (krátos) +‎ -ης (-ēs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.ly.krá.tɛːs/ → /po.lyˈkra.tis/ → /po.liˈkra.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.ly.krá.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /po.lyˈkra.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /po.lyˈkra.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /po.lyˈkra.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /po.liˈkra.tis/

Proper noun

Πολῠκρᾰ́της • (Polukrátēs) m (genitive Πολῠκρᾰ́τους); third declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Polycrates

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Πολῠκρᾰ́της; τοῦ Πολῠκρᾰ́τους (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Πολῠκρᾰ́της ho Polukrátēs
Genitive	τοῦ Πολῠκρᾰ́τους toû Polukrátous
Dative	τῷ Πολῠκρᾰ́τει tôi Polukrátei
Accusative	τὸν Πολῠκρᾰ́τη tòn Polukrátē
Vocative	Πολῠ́κρᾰτες Polúkrates
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Πολυκράτης (Polykrátis)
• Latin: Polycrates

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,022