πολύτυρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

πολῠ- (polŭ-, “many, much”) +‎ τῡρός (tūrós, “cheese”) +‎ -ος (-os, suffix forming two-termination second-declension compound adjectives)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.lý.tyː.ros/ → /poˈly.ty.ros/ → /poˈli.ti.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.lý.tyː.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /poˈly.ty.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /poˈly.ty.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /poˈly.ty.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /poˈli.ti.ros/

Adjective

πολῠ́τῡρος • (polŭ́tūros) m or f (neuter πολῠ́τῡρον); second declension

1. rich in or concerning much cheese or butter
   • 5th century BC, Pherecrates, Fragmenta 130.6–8:^[1]

     ὁ Ζεὺς δ’ ὕων οἴνῳ καπνίᾳ κατὰ τοῦ κεράμου βαλανεύσει, ἀπὸ τῶν δὲ τεγῶν ὀχετοὶ βοτρύων μετὰ ναστίσκων πολυτύρων ὀχετεύσονται θερμῷ σὺν ἔτνει καὶ λειριοπολφανεμώναις.

     ho Zeùs d’ húōn oínōi kapníāi katà toû kerámou balaneúsei, apò tôn dè tegôn okhetoì botrúōn metà nastískōn polutúrōn okheteúsontai thermôi sùn étnei kaì leiriopolphanemṓnais.

Declension

Second declension of πολῠ́τῡρος; πολῠ́τῡρον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πολῠ́τῡρος polŭ́tūros	πολῠ́τῡρον polŭ́tūron		πολῠτῡ́ρω polŭtū́rō	πολῠτῡ́ρω polŭtū́rō		πολῠ́τῡροι polŭ́tūroi	πολῠ́τῡρᾰ polŭ́tūră
Genitive		πολῠτῡ́ρου polŭtū́rou	πολῠτῡ́ρου polŭtū́rou		πολῠτῡ́ροιν polŭtū́roin	πολῠτῡ́ροιν polŭtū́roin		πολῠτῡ́ρων polŭtū́rōn	πολῠτῡ́ρων polŭtū́rōn
Dative		πολῠτῡ́ρῳ polŭtū́rōi	πολῠτῡ́ρῳ polŭtū́rōi		πολῠτῡ́ροιν polŭtū́roin	πολῠτῡ́ροιν polŭtū́roin		πολῠτῡ́ροις polŭtū́rois	πολῠτῡ́ροις polŭtū́rois
Accusative		πολῠ́τῡρον polŭ́tūron	πολῠ́τῡρον polŭ́tūron		πολῠτῡ́ρω polŭtū́rō	πολῠτῡ́ρω polŭtū́rō		πολῠτῡ́ρους polŭtū́rous	πολῠ́τῡρᾰ polŭ́tūră
Vocative		πολῠ́τῡρε polŭ́tūre	πολῠ́τῡρον polŭ́tūron		πολῠτῡ́ρω polŭtū́rō	πολῠτῡ́ρω polŭtū́rō		πολῠ́τῡροι polŭ́tūroi	πολῠ́τῡρᾰ polŭ́tūră
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		πολῠτῡ́ρως polŭtū́rōs			πολῠτῡρότερος polŭtūróteros			πολῠτῡρότᾰτος polŭtūrótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “πολύτῡρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πολύτυρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Pape, Wilhelm, Benseler, Gustav Eduard (1884) “πολύτυρος”, in Wörterbuch der griechischen Eigennamen (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn