πολύτριχον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neutral form of πολῠ́τρῐχος (polŭ́trĭkhos, “very hairy, bushy”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.lý.tri.kʰon/ → /poˈly.tri.xon/ → /poˈli.tri.xon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.lý.tri.kʰon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /poˈly.tri.kʰon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /poˈly.tri.xon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /poˈly.tri.xon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /poˈli.tri.xon/

Noun

πολῠ́τρῐχον • (polŭ́trĭkhon) n (genitive πολῠτρῐ́χου); second declension

1. maidenhair (Adiantum capillus-veneris)

   Synonym: ἀδίαντον (adíanton)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πολῠ́τρῐχον; τοῦ πολῠτρῐ́χου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πολῠ́τρῐχον tò polŭ́trĭkhon	τὼ πολῠτρῐ́χω tṑ polŭtrĭ́khō	τᾰ̀ πολῠ́τρῐχᾰ tằ polŭ́trĭkhă
Genitive	τοῦ πολῠτρῐ́χου toû polŭtrĭ́khou	τοῖν πολῠτρῐ́χοιν toîn polŭtrĭ́khoin	τῶν πολῠτρῐ́χων tôn polŭtrĭ́khōn
Dative	τῷ πολῠτρῐ́χῳ tôi polŭtrĭ́khōi	τοῖν πολῠτρῐ́χοιν toîn polŭtrĭ́khoin	τοῖς πολῠτρῐ́χοις toîs polŭtrĭ́khois
Accusative	τὸ πολῠ́τρῐχον tò polŭ́trĭkhon	τὼ πολῠτρῐ́χω tṑ polŭtrĭ́khō	τᾰ̀ πολῠ́τρῐχᾰ tằ polŭ́trĭkhă
Vocative	πολῠ́τρῐχον polŭ́trĭkhon	πολῠτρῐ́χω polŭtrĭ́khō	πολῠ́τρῐχᾰ polŭ́trĭkhă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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