πολλάκις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

πολλάκι (polláki) — Epic

Etymology

From πολύς (polús, “many”) +‎ -άκις (-ákis, “times”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pol.lá.kis/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /polˈla.kis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /polˈla.cis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /polˈla.cis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /poˈla.cis/

Adverb

πολλάκῐς • (pollákĭs)

often, many times

Further reading

“πολλάκις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
πολλάκις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
πολλάκις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
“πολλάκις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- constantly idem, page 164.
- continually idem, page 168.
- endlessly idem, page 273.
- frequently idem, page 344.
- many idem, page 513.
- perpetually idem, page 607.
- repeatedly idem, page 696.
- time idem, page 875.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πολλάκις (pollákis). By surface analysis, πολύς (polýs, “a lot”) +‎ -άκις (-ákis, “times”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /poˈla.cis/

Adverb

πολλάκις • (pollákis)

often, many times

Synonyms

πλειστάκις (pleistákis)
συχνά (sychná)