πολύγαμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πολυ- (polu-) +‎ γαμέω (gaméō) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.lý.ɡa.mos/ → /poˈly.ɣa.mos/ → /poˈli.ɣa.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.lý.ɡa.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /poˈly.ɡa.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /poˈly.ɣa.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /poˈly.ɣa.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /poˈli.ɣa.mos/

Adjective

πολύγᾰμος • (polúgamos) m or f (neuter πολύγᾰμον); second declension

1. often married
2. living in polygamy

Declension

Second declension of πολῠ́γᾰμος; πολῠ́γᾰμον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πολῠ́γᾰμος polúgamos	πολῠ́γᾰμον polúgamon		πολῠγᾰ́μω polugámō	πολῠγᾰ́μω polugámō		πολῠ́γᾰμοι polúgamoi	πολῠ́γᾰμᾰ polúgama
Genitive		πολῠγᾰ́μου polugámou	πολῠγᾰ́μου polugámou		πολῠγᾰ́μοιν polugámoin	πολῠγᾰ́μοιν polugámoin		πολῠγᾰ́μων polugámōn	πολῠγᾰ́μων polugámōn
Dative		πολῠγᾰ́μῳ polugámōi	πολῠγᾰ́μῳ polugámōi		πολῠγᾰ́μοιν polugámoin	πολῠγᾰ́μοιν polugámoin		πολῠγᾰ́μοις polugámois	πολῠγᾰ́μοις polugámois
Accusative		πολῠ́γᾰμον polúgamon	πολῠ́γᾰμον polúgamon		πολῠγᾰ́μω polugámō	πολῠγᾰ́μω polugámō		πολῠγᾰ́μους polugámous	πολῠ́γᾰμᾰ polúgama
Vocative		πολῠ́γᾰμε polúgame	πολῠ́γᾰμον polúgamon		πολῠγᾰ́μω polugámō	πολῠγᾰ́μω polugámō		πολῠ́γᾰμοι polúgamoi	πολῠ́γᾰμᾰ polúgama
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		πολῠγᾰ́μως polugámōs			πολῠγᾰμώτερος polugamṓteros			πολῠγᾰμώτᾰτος polugamṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πολυγαμίᾱ (polugamíā)

Descendants

Descendants

• → Belarusian: паліга́мны (palihámny)
• Bulgarian: полигамен (poligamen)
• → Russian: полига́мный (poligámnyj)
• → Ukrainian: поліга́мний (polihámnyj)
• → Latin: polygamus
  • Asturian: polígamu
  • Catalan: polígam
  • → Danish: polygam
  • → Dutch: polygaam
  • → English: polygamous
  • Middle French: polygame
    • French: polygame
  • Galician: polígamo, m, polígama f
  • → German: polygam
  • → Hungarian: poligám
  • → Irish: polagamach
  • Italian: poligamo
  • → Latvian: poligāmisks
  • → Polish: poligamiczny
  • Spanish: polígamo
  • → Swedish: polygam

Further reading

• πολύγαμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “πολύγαμος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “πολύγαμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press