πολύκαρπον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neutral form of πολῠ́κᾰρπος (polúkarpos, “fruitful”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.lý.kar.pon/ → /poˈly.kar.pon/ → /poˈli.kar.pon/

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

Noun

πολῠ́κᾰρπον • (polúkarpon) n (genitive πολῠκᾰ́ρπου); second declension

1. lady's thumb (Persicaria maculosa)

   Synonym: κραταιόγονον (krataiógonon)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πολῠ́κᾰρπον; τοῦ πολῠκᾰ́ρπου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πολῠ́κᾰρπον tò polúkarpon	τὼ πολῠκᾰ́ρπω tṑ polukárpō	τᾰ̀ πολῠ́κᾰρπᾰ tà polúkarpa
Genitive	τοῦ πολῠκᾰ́ρπου toû polukárpou	τοῖν πολῠκᾰ́ρποιν toîn polukárpoin	τῶν πολῠκᾰ́ρπων tôn polukárpōn
Dative	τῷ πολῠκᾰ́ρπῳ tôi polukárpōi	τοῖν πολῠκᾰ́ρποιν toîn polukárpoin	τοῖς πολῠκᾰ́ρποις toîs polukárpois
Accusative	τὸ πολῠ́κᾰρπον tò polúkarpon	τὼ πολῠκᾰ́ρπω tṑ polukárpō	τᾰ̀ πολῠ́κᾰρπᾰ tà polúkarpa
Vocative	πολῠ́κᾰρπον polúkarpon	πολῠκᾰ́ρπω polukárpō	πολῠ́κᾰρπᾰ polúkarpa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “πολύκαρπον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πολύκαρπον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette