πουλυβότειρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πουλυ- (poulu-) (Epic variant of πολυ- (polu-)) + the root of βόσκω (bóskō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /puː.ly.bó.teː.ra/ → /pu.lyˈβo.ti.ra/ → /pu.liˈvo.ti.ra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /puː.ly.bó.teː.ra/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pu.lyˈbo.ti.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pu.lyˈβo.ti.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pu.lyˈvo.ti.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pu.liˈvo.ti.ra/

Adjective

πουλῠβότειρᾰ • (poulubóteira) (attested in feminine singular only)

1. (Epic) much-nourishing, all-nourishing (epithet of the Earth)

Declension

First declension of πουλῠβότειρᾰ; πουλῠβοτείρης (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	πουλῠβότειρᾰ poulubóteira
Genitive	πουλῠβοτείρης pouluboteírēs
Dative	πουλῠβοτείρῃ pouluboteírēi
Accusative	πουλῠβότειρᾰν poulubóteiran
Vocative	πουλῠβότειρᾰ poulubóteira
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “πουλυβότειρα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πουλυβότειρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πουλυβότειρα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “πουλυβότειρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press