πολυκλήϊς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Bahuvrīhi compound of πολυ- (polu-, “many”) + κληΐς (klēḯs, “rowing bench”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /po.ly.klɛ̌ː.iːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /po.lyˈkle̝.is/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /po.lyˈkli.is/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /po.lyˈkli.is/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /po.liˈkli.is/
Adjective
πολυκλήῑ̈ς • (poluklḗī̈s) m or f (neuter πολυκλήῑ̈); third declension
- (Epic) having many rowing benches (epithet of ships)
Declension
Attested only in the feminine dative singular and plural.
Third declension of πολῠκλήῑ̈ς; πολῠκλήῑ̈ (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | πολῠκλήῑ̈ς poluklḗī̈s | πολῠκλήῑ̈ poluklḗī̈ | πολῠκλήῑ̈δε poluklḗī̈de | πολῠκλήῑ̈δε poluklḗī̈de | πολῠκλήῑ̈δες poluklḗī̈des | πολῠκλήῑ̈δᾰ poluklḗī̈da | ||||||||
Genitive | πολῠκλήῑ̈δος poluklḗī̈dos | πολῠκλήῑ̈δος poluklḗī̈dos | πολῠκληῑ̈́δοιν poluklēī̈́doin | πολῠκληῑ̈́δοιν poluklēī̈́doin | πολῠκληῑ̈́δων poluklēī̈́dōn | πολῠκληῑ̈́δων poluklēī̈́dōn | ||||||||
Dative | πολῠκλήῑ̈δῐ poluklḗī̈di | πολῠκλήῑ̈δῐ poluklḗī̈di | πολῠκληῑ̈́δοιν poluklēī̈́doin | πολῠκληῑ̈́δοιν poluklēī̈́doin | πολῠκλήῑ̈σῐ / πολῠκλήῑ̈σῐν poluklḗī̈si(n) | πολῠκλήῑ̈σῐ / πολῠκλήῑ̈σῐν poluklḗī̈si(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | πολῠκλήῑ̈δᾰ poluklḗī̈da | πολῠκλήῑ̈ poluklḗī̈ | πολῠκλήῑ̈δε poluklḗī̈de | πολῠκλήῑ̈δε poluklḗī̈de | πολῠκλήῑ̈δᾰς poluklḗī̈das | πολῠκλήῑ̈δᾰ poluklḗī̈da | ||||||||
Vocative | πολῠκλήῑ̈ς poluklḗī̈s | πολῠκλήῑ̈ poluklḗī̈ | πολῠκλήῑ̈δε poluklḗī̈de | πολῠκλήῑ̈δε poluklḗī̈de | πολῠκλήῑ̈δες poluklḗī̈des | πολῠκλήῑ̈δᾰ poluklḗī̈da | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
πολῠκληῑ̈́δως poluklēī̈́dōs | — | — | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “πολυκλήϊς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πολυκλήϊς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πολυκλήϊς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “πολυκλήϊς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press