πολύκμητος
Appearance
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From πολυ- (polu-) + κάμνω (kámnō, “labour, work hard”) + -τος (-tos).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /po.lýk.mɛː.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /poˈlyk.me̝.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /poˈlyk.mi.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /poˈlyk.mi.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /poˈlik.mi.tos/
Adjective
[edit]πολῠ́κμητος • (polŭ́kmētos) m or f (neuter πολῠ́κμητον); second declension
- 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
- laborious
- πολύκμητος τέχνη ― polúkmētos tékhnē ― laborious craft
- 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
[edit]Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | πολῠ́κμητος polŭ́kmētos |
πολῠ́κμητον polŭ́kmēton |
πολῠκμήτω polŭkmḗtō |
πολῠκμήτω polŭkmḗtō |
πολῠ́κμητοι polŭ́kmētoi |
πολῠ́κμητᾰ polŭ́kmētă | ||||||||
Genitive | πολῠκμήτου polŭkmḗtou |
πολῠκμήτου polŭkmḗtou |
πολῠκμήτοιν polŭkmḗtoin |
πολῠκμήτοιν polŭkmḗtoin |
πολῠκμήτων polŭkmḗtōn |
πολῠκμήτων polŭkmḗtōn | ||||||||
Dative | πολῠκμήτῳ polŭkmḗtōi |
πολῠκμήτῳ polŭkmḗtōi |
πολῠκμήτοιν polŭkmḗtoin |
πολῠκμήτοιν polŭkmḗtoin |
πολῠκμήτοις polŭkmḗtois |
πολῠκμήτοις polŭkmḗtois | ||||||||
Accusative | πολῠ́κμητον polŭ́kmēton |
πολῠ́κμητον polŭ́kmēton |
πολῠκμήτω polŭkmḗtō |
πολῠκμήτω polŭkmḗtō |
πολῠκμήτους polŭkmḗtous |
πολῠ́κμητᾰ polŭ́kmētă | ||||||||
Vocative | πολῠ́κμητε polŭ́kmēte |
πολῠ́κμητον polŭ́kmēton |
πολῠκμήτω polŭkmḗtō |
πολῠκμήτω polŭkmḗtō |
πολῠ́κμητοι polŭ́kmētoi |
πολῠ́κμητᾰ polŭ́kmētă | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
πολῠκμήτως polŭkmḗtōs |
πολῠκμητότερος polŭkmētóteros |
πολῠκμητότᾰτος polŭkmētótătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
[edit]- 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
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- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -τος
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