πουλυβότειρα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πουλυ- (poulu-) (Epic variant of πολυ- (polu-)) + the root of βόσκω (bóskō).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /poː.ly.bó.teː.ra/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pu.lyˈbo.ti.ra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pu.lyˈβo.ti.ra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pu.lyˈvo.ti.ra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pu.liˈvo.ti.ra/
Adjective
πουλῠβότειρᾰ • (poulubóteira) (attested in feminine singular only)
- (Epic) much-nourishing, all-nourishing (epithet of the Earth)
Declension
First declension of πουλῠβότειρᾰ; πουλῠβοτείρης (Epic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | πουλῠβότειρᾰ poulubóteira | ||||||||||||
Genitive | πουλῠβοτείρης pouluboteírēs | ||||||||||||
Dative | πουλῠβοτείρῃ pouluboteírēi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | πουλῠβότειρᾰν poulubóteiran | ||||||||||||
Vocative | πουλῠβότειρᾰ poulubóteira | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- πουλυβότειρα in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πουλυβότειρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πουλυβότειρα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- πουλυβότειρα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press