πολύκαρπον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Neutral form of πολῠ́κᾰρπος (polŭ́kărpos, “fruitful”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /po.lý.kar.pon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /poˈly.kar.pon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /poˈly.kar.pon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /poˈly.kar.pon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /poˈli.kar.pon/
Noun
πολῠ́κᾰρπον • (polŭ́kărpon) n (genitive πολῠκᾰ́ρπου); second declension
- lady's thumb (Persicaria maculosa)
- Synonym: κραταιόγονον (krataiógonon)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ πολῠ́κᾰρπον tò polŭ́kărpon |
τὼ πολῠκᾰ́ρπω tṑ polŭkắrpō |
τᾰ̀ πολῠ́κᾰρπᾰ tằ polŭ́kărpă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πολῠκᾰ́ρπου toû polŭkắrpou |
τοῖν πολῠκᾰ́ρποιν toîn polŭkắrpoin |
τῶν πολῠκᾰ́ρπων tôn polŭkắrpōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πολῠκᾰ́ρπῳ tōî polŭkắrpōi |
τοῖν πολῠκᾰ́ρποιν toîn polŭkắrpoin |
τοῖς πολῠκᾰ́ρποις toîs polŭkắrpois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ πολῠ́κᾰρπον tò polŭ́kărpon |
τὼ πολῠκᾰ́ρπω tṑ polŭkắrpō |
τᾰ̀ πολῠ́κᾰρπᾰ tằ polŭ́kărpă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πολῠ́κᾰρπον polŭ́kărpon |
πολῠκᾰ́ρπω polŭkắrpō |
πολῠ́κᾰρπᾰ polŭ́kărpă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “πολύκαρπον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πολύκαρπον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette