πολύσπαστον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neuter substantive form of πολύσπαστος (polúspastos, “drawn by many cords”), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + σπάω (spáō, “I draw”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.lýs.pas.ton/ → /poˈlys.pas.ton/ → /poˈlis.pas.ton/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.lýs.pas.ton/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /poˈlys.pas.ton/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /poˈlys.pas.ton/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /poˈlys.pas.ton/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /poˈlis.pas.ton/

Noun

πολύσπαστον • (polúspaston) n (genitive πολυσπάστου); second declension

1. compound pulley

   Synonym: τροχιλεία (trokhileía)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πολύσπᾰστον; τοῦ πολυσπᾰ́στου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πολύσπᾰστον tò polúspaston	τὼ πολυσπᾰ́στω tṑ poluspástō	τᾰ̀ πολύσπᾰστᾰ tà polúspasta
Genitive	τοῦ πολυσπᾰ́στου toû poluspástou	τοῖν πολυσπᾰ́στοιν toîn poluspástoin	τῶν πολυσπᾰ́στων tôn poluspástōn
Dative	τῷ πολυσπᾰ́στῳ tôi poluspástōi	τοῖν πολυσπᾰ́στοιν toîn poluspástoin	τοῖς πολυσπᾰ́στοις toîs poluspástois
Accusative	τὸ πολύσπᾰστον tò polúspaston	τὼ πολυσπᾰ́στω tṑ poluspástō	τᾰ̀ πολύσπᾰστᾰ tà polúspasta
Vocative	πολύσπᾰστον polúspaston	πολυσπᾰ́στω poluspástō	πολύσπᾰστᾰ polúspasta
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: πολύσπαστο (polýspasto)
• Latin: polyspaston
• Russian: полиспа́ст (polispást)

Adjective

πολύσπαστον • (polúspaston)

1. inflection of πολυσπαστός (poluspastós):
   1. accusative masculine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular

References

• “πολύσπαστον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press