πολύτροπος
Ancient Greek
FWOTD – 7 May 2014
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /po.lý.tro.pos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /poˈly.tro.pos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /poˈly.tro.pos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /poˈly.tro.pos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /poˈli.tro.pos/
Adjective
πολῠ́τροπος • (polútropos) m, f (neuter πολῠ́τροπον); second declension
- much turned, much traveled, much wandering
- 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:
- Ándra moi énnepe, Moûsa, polútropon, hòs mála pollà
- Ἄνδρα μοι ἔννεπε, Μοῦσα, πολύτροπον, ὃς μάλα πολλὰ
- turning many ways
- Theognis of Megara, Elegies 215
- various, manifold
Inflection
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | πολῠ́τροπος polútropos |
πολῠ́τροπον polútropon |
πολῠτρόπω polutrópō |
πολῠτρόπω polutrópō |
πολῠ́τροποι polútropoi |
πολῠ́τροπᾰ polútropa | ||||||||
Genitive | πολῠτρόπου polutrópou |
πολῠτρόπου polutrópou |
πολῠτρόποιν polutrópoin |
πολῠτρόποιν polutrópoin |
πολῠτρόπων polutrópōn |
πολῠτρόπων polutrópōn | ||||||||
Dative | πολῠτρόπῳ polutrópōi |
πολῠτρόπῳ polutrópōi |
πολῠτρόποιν polutrópoin |
πολῠτρόποιν polutrópoin |
πολῠτρόποις polutrópois |
πολῠτρόποις polutrópois | ||||||||
Accusative | πολῠ́τροπον polútropon |
πολῠ́τροπον polútropon |
πολῠτρόπω polutrópō |
πολῠτρόπω polutrópō |
πολῠτρόπους polutrópous |
πολῠ́τροπᾰ polútropa | ||||||||
Vocative | πολῠ́τροπε polútrope |
πολῠ́τροπον polútropon |
πολῠτρόπω polutrópō |
πολῠτρόπω polutrópō |
πολῠ́τροποι polútropoi |
πολῠ́τροπᾰ polútropa | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
πολῠτρόπως polutrópōs |
πολῠτροπώτερος polutropṓteros |
πολῠτροπώτᾰτος polutropṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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References
- πολύτροπος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πολύτροπος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- πολύτροπος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πολύτροπος in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
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