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单词 πολυμαθής
释义

πολυμαθής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πολύς (polús, much) + μαθ- (math-), the root of μανθάνω (manthánō, to learn), + -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 
  • (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /po.ly.ma.tʰɛ̌ːs/
  • (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /po.ly.maˈtʰe̝s/
  • (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /po.ly.maˈθis/
  • (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /po.ly.maˈθis/
  • (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /po.li.maˈθis/

Adjective

πολυμαθής (polumathḗs) m or f (neuter πολυμαθές); third declension

  1. Having learnt much, knowing much
    • 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, To Demonicus 18:
      Ἐάν ᾖς φιλομαθής, ἔσει πολυμαθής.
      Eán êis philomathḗs, ései polumathḗs.
      If you have a love of learning, you will become educated.
    • 422 BCE, Aristophanes, The Wasps 1175:
      ἄγε νυν, ἐπιστήσει λόγους σεμνοὺς λέγειν ἀνδρῶν παρόντων πολυμαθῶν καὶ δεξιῶν;
      áge nun, epistḗsei lógous semnoùs légein andrôn paróntōn polumathôn kaì dexiôn?
      And now, will you know how to speak of solemn things to these learned and upright men?

Inflection

Derived terms

  • πολυμαθέω (polumathéō)
  • πολυμαθία (polumathía)
  • πολυμαθημοσύνη (polumathēmosúnē)
  • πολυμαθήμων (polumathḗmōn)
  • πολυμαθῶς (polumathôs)
  • πολυμαθέστερος (polumathésteros)
  • πολυμαθέστατος (polumathéstatos)

Descendants

  • English: polymath

References

  • πολυμαθής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • πολυμαθής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • πολυμαθής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
    • bookish idem, page 89.
    • erudite idem, page 281.
    • learned idem, page 483.
    • sage idem, page 731.
    • well read idem, page 974.
    • well-informed idem, page 974.
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