πολύσπαστον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Neuter substantive form of πολύσπαστος (polúspastos, “drawn by many cords”), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + σπάω (spáō, “I draw”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /po.lýs.pas.ton/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /poˈlys.pas.ton/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /poˈlys.pas.ton/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /poˈlys.pas.ton/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /poˈlis.pas.ton/
Noun
πολύσπαστον • (polúspaston) n (genitive πολυσπάστου); second declension
- compound pulley
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ πολύσπᾰστον; τοῦ πολυσπᾰ́στου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ πολύσπᾰστον tò polúspaston | τὼ πολυσπᾰ́στω tṑ poluspástō | τᾰ̀ πολύσπᾰστᾰ tà polúspasta | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ πολυσπᾰ́στου toû poluspástou | τοῖν πολυσπᾰ́στοιν toîn poluspástoin | τῶν πολυσπᾰ́στων tôn poluspástōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ πολυσπᾰ́στῳ tôi poluspástōi | τοῖν πολυσπᾰ́στοιν toîn poluspástoin | τοῖς πολυσπᾰ́στοις toîs poluspástois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ πολύσπᾰστον tò polúspaston | τὼ πολυσπᾰ́στω tṑ poluspástō | τᾰ̀ πολύσπᾰστᾰ tà polúspasta | ||||||||||
Vocative | πολύσπᾰστον polúspaston | πολυσπᾰ́στω poluspástō | πολύσπᾰστᾰ polúspasta | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: πολύσπαστο (polýspasto)
- Latin: polyspaston
- Russian: полиспа́ст (polispást)
Adjective
πολύσπαστον • (polúspaston)
- inflection of πολυσπαστός (poluspastós):
- accusative masculine singular
- nominative and accusative and vocative neuter singular
References
- πολύσπαστον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press