πολυπῖδαξ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Bahuvrīhi compound of πολυ- (polu-) + πῖδαξ (pîdax)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /po.ly.pîː.daks/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /po.lyˈpi.daks/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /po.lyˈpi.ðaks/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /po.lyˈpi.ðaks/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /po.liˈpi.ðaks/
Adjective
πολῠπῖδαξ • (polŭpîdax) f (third declension)
Declension
Attested only in the feminine singular.
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ πολῠπῖδᾰξ hē polŭpîdăx | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς πολῠπῑ́δᾰκος tês polŭpī́dăkos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ πολῠπῑ́δᾰκῐ tēî polŭpī́dăkĭ | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν πολῠπῑ́δᾰκᾰ tḕn polŭpī́dăkă | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | πολῠπῖδᾰξ polŭpîdăx | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “πολυπῖδαξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πολυπῖδαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πολυπῖδαξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “πολυπῖδαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press