πολυμήχανος
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]πολυ- (polu-) + μηχανή (mēkhanḗ)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /po.ly.mɛ̌ː.kʰa.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /po.lyˈme̝.kʰa.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /po.lyˈmi.xa.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /po.lyˈmi.xa.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /po.liˈmi.xa.nos/
Adjective
[edit]πολῠμήχᾰνος • (polumḗkhanos) m or f (neuter πολῠμήχᾰνον); second declension
Usage notes
[edit]In the Iliad and Odyssey this is a very common epithet of Odysseus, always in the vocative.
Declension
[edit]Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | πολῠμήχᾰνος polumḗkhanos |
πολῠμήχᾰνον polumḗkhanon |
πολῠμηχᾰ́νω polumēkhánō |
πολῠμηχᾰ́νω polumēkhánō |
πολῠμήχᾰνοι polumḗkhanoi |
πολῠμήχᾰνᾰ polumḗkhana | ||||||||
Genitive | πολῠμηχᾰ́νου polumēkhánou |
πολῠμηχᾰ́νου polumēkhánou |
πολῠμηχᾰ́νοιν polumēkhánoin |
πολῠμηχᾰ́νοιν polumēkhánoin |
πολῠμηχᾰ́νων polumēkhánōn |
πολῠμηχᾰ́νων polumēkhánōn | ||||||||
Dative | πολῠμηχᾰ́νῳ polumēkhánōi |
πολῠμηχᾰ́νῳ polumēkhánōi |
πολῠμηχᾰ́νοιν polumēkhánoin |
πολῠμηχᾰ́νοιν polumēkhánoin |
πολῠμηχᾰ́νοις polumēkhánois |
πολῠμηχᾰ́νοις polumēkhánois | ||||||||
Accusative | πολῠμήχᾰνον polumḗkhanon |
πολῠμήχᾰνον polumḗkhanon |
πολῠμηχᾰ́νω polumēkhánō |
πολῠμηχᾰ́νω polumēkhánō |
πολῠμηχᾰ́νους polumēkhánous |
πολῠμήχᾰνᾰ polumḗkhana | ||||||||
Vocative | πολῠμήχᾰνε polumḗkhane |
πολῠμήχᾰνον polumḗkhanon |
πολῠμηχᾰ́νω polumēkhánō |
πολῠμηχᾰ́νω polumēkhánō |
πολῠμήχᾰνοι polumḗkhanoi |
πολῠμήχᾰνᾰ polumḗkhana | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
πολῠμηχᾰ́νως polumēkhánōs |
πολῠμηχᾰνώτερος polumēkhanṓteros |
πολῠμηχᾰνώτᾰτος polumēkhanṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
[edit]- “πολυμήχανος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πολυμήχανος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “πολυμήχανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek πολυμήχανος (polumḗkhanos).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]πολυμήχανος • (polymíchanos) m (feminine πολυμήχανη, neuter πολυμήχανο)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
nominative | πολυμήχανος (polymíchanos) | πολυμήχανη (polymíchani) | πολυμήχανο (polymíchano) | πολυμήχανοι (polymíchanoi) | πολυμήχανες (polymíchanes) | πολυμήχανα (polymíchana) | |
genitive | πολυμήχανου (polymíchanou) | πολυμήχανης (polymíchanis) | πολυμήχανου (polymíchanou) | πολυμήχανων (polymíchanon) | πολυμήχανων (polymíchanon) | πολυμήχανων (polymíchanon) | |
accusative | πολυμήχανο (polymíchano) | πολυμήχανη (polymíchani) | πολυμήχανο (polymíchano) | πολυμήχανους (polymíchanous) | πολυμήχανες (polymíchanes) | πολυμήχανα (polymíchana) | |
vocative | πολυμήχανε (polymíchane) | πολυμήχανη (polymíchani) | πολυμήχανο (polymíchano) | πολυμήχανοι (polymíchanoi) | πολυμήχανες (polymíchanes) | πολυμήχανα (polymíchana) |
Derivations:
Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο πολυμήχανος, etc.)
Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο πολυμήχανος, etc.)
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms prefixed with πολυ-
- Ancient Greek 5-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek adjectives
- Ancient Greek proparoxytone terms
- Greek terms inherited from Ancient Greek
- Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek
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- Greek adjectives in declension ος-η-ο