Πολυνείκης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πολύς (polús) +‎ νεῖκος (neîkos) +‎ -ης (-ēs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.ly.něː.kɛːs/ → /po.lyˈni.cis/ → /po.liˈni.cis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.ly.něː.kɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /po.lyˈni.ke̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /po.lyˈni.cis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /po.lyˈni.cis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /po.liˈni.cis/

Proper noun

Πολῠνείκης • (Poluneíkēs) m (genitive Πολῠνείκους); third declension

1. Polynices

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Πολῠνείκης; τοῦ Πολῠνείκους (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Πολῠνείκης ho Poluneíkēs
Genitive	τοῦ Πολῠνείκους toû Poluneíkous
Dative	τῷ Πολῠνείκει tôi Poluneíkei
Accusative	τὸν Πολῠνείκη tòn Poluneíkē
Vocative	Πολῠ́νεικες Polúneikes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Πολυνείκης (Polyneíkis)
• Latin: Polynices

Further reading

• “Πολυνείκης”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• “Πολυνείκης”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,023