πολύδακρυς
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- πολυδάκρυος (poludákruos)
Etymology
From πολυ- (polu-) + δάκρυ (dákru)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /po.lý.da.krys/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /poˈly.da.krys/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /poˈly.ða.krys/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /poˈly.ða.krys/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /poˈli.ða.kris/
Adjective
πολύδακρυς • (polúdakrus) m or f; third declension
- (chiefly Epic) bringing many tears, woeful, baleful (epithet of war or battle; found only in the masculine and feminine singular)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | πολύδακρῠς polúdakrŭs | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | πολυδάκρῠος poludákrŭos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | πολυδάκρῠῐ̈ / πολυδάκρυι poludákrŭĭ̈ / poludákrui | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | πολύδακρῠν polúdakrŭn | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | πολύδακρῠ polúdakrŭ | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “πολύδακρυς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πολύδακρυς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πολύδακρυς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “πολύδακρυς”, 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.
- lachrymose idem, page 473.
- tearful idem, page 859.