Πολυκράτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πολύς (polús) +‎ κράτος (krátos) +‎ -ης (-ēs).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Πολῠκρᾰ́της • (Polŭkrắtēs) m (genitive Πολῠκρᾰ́τους); third declension

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Polycrates

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Πολῠκρᾰ́της; τοῦ Πολῠκρᾰ́τους (contracted, Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Πολῠκρᾰ́της
ho Polŭkrắtēs
Genitive τοῦ Πολῠκρᾰ́τους
toû Polŭkrắtous
Dative τῷ Πολῠκρᾰ́τει
tōî Polŭkrắtei
Accusative τὸν Πολῠκρᾰ́τη
tòn Polŭkrắtē
Vocative Πολῠ́κρᾰτες
Polŭ́krătes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Πολυκράτης (Polykrátis)
  • Latin: Polycrates

Further reading

  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,022
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