πτολίεθρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πτόλις (ptólis), variant of πόλις (pólis, “city”) +‎ -θρον (-thron). Olsen calls the phonetic details "quite obscure."[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pto.lí.e.tʰron/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ptoˈli.e.tʰron/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ptoˈli.e.θron/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ptoˈli.e.θron/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ptoˈli.e.θron/

Noun

πτολίεθρον • (ptolíethron) n

(Epic) city
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 1.1–2:
  Ἄνδρα μοι ἔννεπε, Μοῦσα, πολύτροπον, ὃς μάλα πολλὰ
  πλάγχθη, ἐπεὶ Τροίης ἱερὸν πτολίεθρον ἔπερσε·
  Ándra moi énnepe, Moûsa, polútropon, hòs mála pollà
  plánkhthē, epeì Troíēs hieròn ptolíethron éperse;
  Muse, sing for me of the man of many ways, who wandered very far, after he sacked the holy city of Troy:

Synonyms

πτόλις (ptólis), πόλις (pólis)

References

“πτολίεθρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“πτολίεθρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“πτολίεθρον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
πτολίεθρον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
“πτολίεθρον”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter

The Proto-Indo-European Instrument Noun Suffix *-tlom and its Variants, by Birgit Anette Olsen (1988), 7.3.7

[1] The Proto-Indo-European Instrument Noun Suffix *-tlom and its Variants, by Birgit Anette Olsen (1988), 7.3.7

单词	πτολίεθρον
释义	πτολίεθρον Ancient Greek Etymology From πτόλις (ptólis), variant of πόλις (pólis, “city”) +‎ -θρον (-thron). Olsen calls the phonetic details "quite obscure."[1] Pronunciation IPA^(key): /pto.lí.e.tʰron/ → /ptoˈli.e.θron/ → /ptoˈli.e.θron/ (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pto.lí.e.tʰron/ (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ptoˈli.e.tʰron/ (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ptoˈli.e.θron/ (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ptoˈli.e.θron/ (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ptoˈli.e.θron/ Noun πτολίεθρον • (ptolíethron) n (Epic) city 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 1.1–2: Ἄνδρα μοι ἔννεπε, Μοῦσα, πολύτροπον, ὃς μάλα πολλὰ πλάγχθη, ἐπεὶ Τροίης ἱερὸν πτολίεθρον ἔπερσε· Ándra moi énnepe, Moûsa, polútropon, hòs mála pollà plánkhthē, epeì Troíēs hieròn ptolíethron éperse; Muse, sing for me of the man of many ways, who wandered very far, after he sacked the holy city of Troy: Synonyms πτόλις (ptólis), πόλις (pólis) References “πτολίεθρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press “πτολίεθρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers “πτολίεθρον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers πτολίεθρον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963 “πτολίεθρον”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter The Proto-Indo-European Instrument Noun Suffix *-tlom and its Variants, by Birgit Anette Olsen (1988), 7.3.7
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