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 • (polŭ́kmētos) 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 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
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