πολύφρων
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πολυ- (polu-) + -φρων (-phrōn)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /po.lý.pʰrɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /poˈly.pʰron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /poˈly.ɸron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /poˈly.fron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /poˈli.fron/
Adjective
πολύφρων • (polúphrōn) m or f (neuter πολύφρον); third declension
- thoughtful, ingenious, inventive
Declension
Third declension of πολύφρων; πολύφρον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | πολύφρων polúphrōn | πολύφρον polúphron | πολύφρονε polúphrone | πολύφρονε polúphrone | πολύφρονες polúphrones | πολύφρονᾰ polúphrona | ||||||||
Genitive | πολύφρονος polúphronos | πολύφρονος polúphronos | πολυφρόνοιν poluphrónoin | πολυφρόνοιν poluphrónoin | πολυφρόνων poluphrónōn | πολυφρόνων poluphrónōn | ||||||||
Dative | πολύφρονῐ polúphroni | πολύφρονῐ polúphroni | πολυφρόνοιν poluphrónoin | πολυφρόνοιν poluphrónoin | πολύφροσῐ / πολύφροσῐν polúphrosi(n) | πολύφροσῐ / πολύφροσῐν polúphrosi(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | πολύφρονᾰ polúphrona | πολύφρον polúphron | πολύφρονε polúphrone | πολύφρονε polúphrone | πολύφρονᾰς polúphronas | πολύφρονᾰ polúphrona | ||||||||
Vocative | πολύφρον polúphron | πολύφρον polúphron | πολύφρονε polúphrone | πολύφρονε polúphrone | πολύφρονες polúphrones | πολύφρονᾰ polúphrona | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
πολυφρόνως poluphrónōs | πολυφρονέστερος poluphronésteros | πολυφρονέστᾰτος poluphronéstatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- πολύφρων in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πολύφρων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πολύφρων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- πολύφρων in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press