polychrestus
Latin
Etymology
Ancient Greek πολύχρηστος (polúkhrēstos, “multipurpose, highly useful”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /po.lyˈkʰreːs.tus/, [pɔlʲʏˈkʰreːs̠t̪ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /po.liˈkres.tus/, [poliˈkrɛst̪us]
Adjective
polychrēstus (feminine polychrēsta, neuter polychrēstum); first/second-declension adjective
- polychrest
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | polychrēstus | polychrēsta | polychrēstum | polychrēstī | polychrēstae | polychrēsta | |
Genitive | polychrēstī | polychrēstae | polychrēstī | polychrēstōrum | polychrēstārum | polychrēstōrum | |
Dative | polychrēstō | polychrēstō | polychrēstīs | ||||
Accusative | polychrēstum | polychrēstam | polychrēstum | polychrēstōs | polychrēstās | polychrēsta | |
Ablative | polychrēstō | polychrēstā | polychrēstō | polychrēstīs | |||
Vocative | polychrēste | polychrēsta | polychrēstum | polychrēstī | polychrēstae | polychrēsta |
References
- polychrestus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- polychrestus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- polychrestus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016