πολυπῖδαξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Bahuvrīhi compound of πολυ- (polu-) +‎ πῖδαξ (pîdax)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.ly.pîː.daks/ → /po.lyˈpi.ðaks/ → /po.liˈpi.ðaks/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.ly.pîː.daks/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /po.lyˈpi.daks/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /po.lyˈpi.ðaks/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /po.lyˈpi.ðaks/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /po.liˈpi.ðaks/

Adjective

πολῠπῖδαξ • (polupîdax) f (third declension)

1. having many springs or fountains (epithet of Mount Ida)

Declension

Attested only in the feminine singular.

Third declension of ἡ πολῠπῖδᾰξ; τῆς πολῠπῑ́δᾰκος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ πολῠπῖδᾰξ hē polupîdax
Genitive	τῆς πολῠπῑ́δᾰκος tês polupī́dakos
Dative	τῇ πολῠπῑ́δᾰκῐ têi polupī́daki
Accusative	τὴν πολῠπῑ́δᾰκᾰ tḕn polupī́daka
Vocative	πολῠπῖδᾰξ polupîdax
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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