ποικιλομήτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ποικίλος (poikílos) +‎ μῆτις (mêtis) +‎ -ης (-ēs)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /poi̯.ki.lo.mɛ̌ː.tɛːs/ → /py.ci.loˈmi.tis/ → /pi.ci.loˈmi.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /poi̯.ki.lo.mɛ̌ː.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /py.ki.loˈme̝.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /py.ci.loˈmi.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /py.ci.loˈmi.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pi.ci.loˈmi.tis/

Noun

ποικῐλομήτης • (poikilomḗtēs) m (genitive ποικῐλομήτου); first declension

1. (Epic) one full of tricks and wiles (epithet of Odysseus and sometimes of Zeus and Hermes)

Declension

First declension of ποικῐλομήτης; ποικῐλομήτᾱο (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ποικῐλομήτης poikilomḗtēs
Genitive	ποικῐλομήτᾱο / ποικῐλομήτε͜ω / ποικῐλομήτω poikilomḗtāo / poikilomḗte͜ō / poikilomḗtō
Dative	ποικῐλομήτῃ poikilomḗtēi
Accusative	ποικῐλομήτην poikilomḗtēn
Vocative	ποικῐλομῆτᾰ poikilomêta
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “ποικιλομήτης”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ποικιλομήτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ποικιλομήτης in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ποικιλομήτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press