πλειστάκις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

πλεῖστ(ος) (“most”) +‎ -άκις (“times”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pleːs.tá.kis/ → /plisˈta.cis/ → /plisˈta.cis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pleːs.tá.kis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /plisˈta.kis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /plisˈta.cis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /plisˈta.cis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /plisˈta.cis/

Adverb

πλειστᾰ́κις • (pleistákis)

1. mostly, very often

Further reading

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

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλειστάκις.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pliˈsta.cis/
• Hyphenation: πλει‧στά‧κις

Adverb

πλειστάκις • (pleistákis)

1. (formal) often, many times

Synonyms

• συχνότατα (sychnótata, “very often”)
• πολλάκις (pollákis, “many times”) (formal)

Related terms

• see: πλείστος (pleístos, “much”)