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 polúspăston	τὼ πολυσπᾰ́στω tṑ poluspắstō	τᾰ̀ πολύσπᾰστᾰ tằ polúspăstă
Genitive	τοῦ πολυσπᾰ́στου toû poluspắstou	τοῖν πολυσπᾰ́στοιν toîn poluspắstoin	τῶν πολυσπᾰ́στων tôn poluspắstōn
Dative	τῷ πολυσπᾰ́στῳ tôi poluspắstōi	τοῖν πολυσπᾰ́στοιν toîn poluspắstoin	τοῖς πολυσπᾰ́στοις toîs poluspắstois
Accusative	τὸ πολύσπᾰστον tò polúspăston	τὼ πολυσπᾰ́στω tṑ poluspắstō	τᾰ̀ πολύσπᾰστᾰ tằ polúspăstă
Vocative	πολύσπᾰστον polúspăston	πολυσπᾰ́στω poluspắstō	πολύσπᾰστᾰ polúspăstă
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