πολύκμητος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πολυ- (polu-) +‎ κάμνω (kámnō, “labour, work hard”) +‎ -τος (-tos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.lýk.mɛː.tos/ → /poˈlyk.mi.tos/ → /poˈlik.mi.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.lýk.mɛː.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /poˈlyk.me̝.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /poˈlyk.mi.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /poˈlyk.mi.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /poˈlik.mi.tos/

Adjective

πολῠ́κμητος • (polúkmētos) m or f (neuter πολῠ́κμητον); second declension

1. wrought with much toil, hard to shape, especially as a Homeric epithet of iron (contrasted with malleable copper)

   πολύκμητος σίδηρος ― polúkmētos sídēros ― iron wrought with toil

   • c. 8th century BCE, Homer, “Rhapsody Ζ”, in Iliad, section 48:

     χαλκός τε χρυσός τε πολύκμητός τε σίδηρος

     khalkós te khrusós te polúkmētós te sídēros

     copper and gold and iron wrought with toil

2. laborious

   πολύκμητος τέχνη ― polúkmētos tékhnē ― laborious craft

3. of a person: hard-working, toiler
   • late 4th century CE, Quintus Smyrnaeus, “Book IX”, in Posthomerica, section 173:

     δίκτυον ἐξερύωσι πολύκμητοι ἁλιῆες

     díktuon exerúōsi polúkmētoi haliêes

     hard working fishermen draw out the fishing net

Declension

Second declension of πολῠ́κμητος; πολῠ́κμητον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πολῠ́κμητος polúkmētos	πολῠ́κμητον polúkmēton		πολῠκμήτω polukmḗtō	πολῠκμήτω polukmḗtō		πολῠ́κμητοι polúkmētoi	πολῠ́κμητᾰ polúkmēta
Genitive		πολῠκμήτου polukmḗtou	πολῠκμήτου polukmḗtou		πολῠκμήτοιν polukmḗtoin	πολῠκμήτοιν polukmḗtoin		πολῠκμήτων polukmḗtōn	πολῠκμήτων polukmḗtōn
Dative		πολῠκμήτῳ polukmḗtōi	πολῠκμήτῳ polukmḗtōi		πολῠκμήτοιν polukmḗtoin	πολῠκμήτοιν polukmḗtoin		πολῠκμήτοις polukmḗtois	πολῠκμήτοις polukmḗtois
Accusative		πολῠ́κμητον polúkmēton	πολῠ́κμητον polúkmēton		πολῠκμήτω polukmḗtō	πολῠκμήτω polukmḗtō		πολῠκμήτους polukmḗtous	πολῠ́κμητᾰ polúkmēta
Vocative		πολῠ́κμητε polúkmēte	πολῠ́κμητον polúkmēton		πολῠκμήτω polukmḗtō	πολῠκμήτω polukmḗtō		πολῠ́κμητοι polúkmētoi	πολῠ́κμητᾰ polúkmēta
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		πολῠκμήτως polukmḗtōs			πολῠκμητότερος polukmētóteros			πολῠκμητότᾰτος polukmētótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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