πτολίπορθος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πτολιπόρθιος (ptolipórthios)

Etymology

From πτόλις (ptólis, “city”) +‎ πέρθω (pérthō, “to sack”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pto.lí.por.tʰos/ → /ptoˈli.por.θos/ → /ptoˈli.por.θos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pto.lí.por.tʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ptoˈli.por.tʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ptoˈli.por.θos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ptoˈli.por.θos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ptoˈli.por.θos/

Noun

πτολίπορθος • (ptolíporthos) m (genitive πτολῐπόρθου); second declension

1. (chiefly Epic) sacker of cities (epithet chiefly of Odysseus, sometimes of other heroes or of Ares)

Declension

Second declension of πτολῐ́πορθος; πτολῐπόρθου (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	πτολῐ́πορθος ptolíporthos
Genitive	πτολῐπόρθου / πτολῐπορθοῖο / πτολῐπόρθοιο / πτολῐπορθόο / πτολῐπόρθοο ptolipórthou / ptoliporthoîo / ptolipórthoio / ptoliporthóo / ptolipórthoo
Dative	πτολῐπόρθῳ ptolipórthōi
Accusative	πτολῐ́πορθον ptolíporthon
Vocative	πτολῐ́πορθε ptolíporthe
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “πτολίπορθος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πτολίπορθος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πτολίπορθος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “πτολίπορθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πτολίπορθος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter