πολύδακρυς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πολυδάκρυος (poludákruos)

Etymology

From πολυ- (polu-) +‎ δάκρυ (dákru)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.lý.da.krys/ → /poˈly.ða.krys/ → /poˈli.ða.kris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.lý.da.krys/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /poˈly.da.krys/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /poˈly.ða.krys/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /poˈly.ða.krys/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /poˈli.ða.kris/

Adjective

πολύδακρυς • (polúdakrus) m or f; third declension

1. (chiefly Epic) bringing many tears, woeful, baleful (epithet of war or battle; found only in the masculine and feminine singular)

Declension

Third declension of πολύδακρῠς; πολυδάκρῠος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	πολύδακρῠς polúdakrus
Genitive	πολυδάκρῠος poludákruos
Dative	πολυδάκρῠῐ̈ / πολυδάκρυι poludákruï / poludákrui
Accusative	πολύδακρῠν polúdakrun
Vocative	πολύδακρῠ polúdakru
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “πολύδακρυς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πολύδακρυς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πολύδακρυς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “πολύδακρυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • lachrymose idem, page 473.
  • tearful idem, page 859.