πολύκμητος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πολυ- (polu-) +‎ κάμνω (kámnō, “labour, work hard”) +‎ -τος (-tos).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.lýk.mɛː.tos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /poˈlyk.me̝.tos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /poˈlyk.mi.tos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /poˈlyk.mi.tos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /poˈlik.mi.tos/

Adjective

πολῠ́κμητος • (polŭ́kmētos) m or f (neuter πολῠ́κμητον); second declension

wrought with much toil, hard to shape, especially as a Homeric epithet of iron (contrasted with malleable copper)
πολύκμητος σίδηρος ― polúkmētos sídēros ― iron wrought with toil
- c. 8th century BCE, Homer, “Rhapsody Ζ”, in Iliad, section 48:
  χαλκός τε χρυσός τε πολύκμητός τε σίδηρος
  khalkós te khrusós te polúkmētós te sídēros
  copper and gold and iron wrought with toil
laborious
πολύκμητος τέχνη ― polúkmētos tékhnē ― laborious craft
of a person: hard-working, toiler
- late 4th century CE, Quintus Smyrnaeus, “Book IX”, in Posthomerica, section 173:
  δίκτυον ἐξερύωσι πολύκμητοι ἁλιῆες
  díktuon exerúōsi polúkmētoi haliêes
  hard working fishermen draw out the fishing net

Declension

Second declension of πολῠ́κμητος; πολῠ́κμητον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	πολῠ́κμητος polŭ́kmētos	πολῠ́κμητον polŭ́kmēton	πολῠκμήτω polŭkmḗtō	πολῠκμήτω polŭkmḗtō	πολῠ́κμητοι polŭ́kmētoi	πολῠ́κμητᾰ polŭ́kmētă
Genitive	πολῠκμήτου polŭkmḗtou	πολῠκμήτου polŭkmḗtou	πολῠκμήτοιν polŭkmḗtoin	πολῠκμήτοιν polŭkmḗtoin	πολῠκμήτων polŭkmḗtōn	πολῠκμήτων polŭkmḗtōn
Dative	πολῠκμήτῳ polŭkmḗtōi	πολῠκμήτῳ polŭkmḗtōi	πολῠκμήτοιν polŭkmḗtoin	πολῠκμήτοιν polŭkmḗtoin	πολῠκμήτοις polŭkmḗtois	πολῠκμήτοις polŭkmḗtois
Accusative	πολῠ́κμητον polŭ́kmēton	πολῠ́κμητον polŭ́kmēton	πολῠκμήτω polŭkmḗtō	πολῠκμήτω polŭkmḗtō	πολῠκμήτους polŭkmḗtous	πολῠ́κμητᾰ polŭ́kmētă
Vocative	πολῠ́κμητε polŭ́kmēte	πολῠ́κμητον polŭ́kmēton	πολῠκμήτω polŭkmḗtō	πολῠκμήτω polŭkmḗtō	πολῠ́κμητοι polŭ́kmētoi	πολῠ́κμητᾰ polŭ́kmētă
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	πολῠκμήτως polŭkmḗtōs		πολῠκμητότερος polŭkmētóteros		πολῠκμητότᾰτος polŭkmētótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

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