πολύσπαστον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neuter substantive form of πολύσπαστος (polúspastos, “drawn by many cords”), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + σπάω (spáō, “I draw”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πολύσπαστον • (polúspaston) n (genitive πολυσπάστου); second declension

  1. compound pulley
    Synonym: τροχιλεία (trokhileía)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πολύσπᾰστον; τοῦ πολυσπᾰ́στου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ πολύσπᾰστον
tò polúspăston 		τὼ πολυσπᾰ́στω
tṑ poluspắstō 		τᾰ̀ πολύσπᾰστᾰ
tằ polúspăstă
Genitive τοῦ πολυσπᾰ́στου
toû poluspắstou 		τοῖν πολυσπᾰ́στοιν
toîn poluspắstoin 		τῶν πολυσπᾰ́στων
tôn poluspắstōn
Dative τῷ πολυσπᾰ́στῳ
tōî poluspắstōi 		τοῖν πολυσπᾰ́στοιν
toîn poluspắstoin 		τοῖς πολυσπᾰ́στοις
toîs poluspắstois
Accusative τὸ πολύσπᾰστον
tò polúspăston 		τὼ πολυσπᾰ́στω
tṑ poluspắstō 		τᾰ̀ πολύσπᾰστᾰ
tằ polúspăstă
Vocative πολύσπᾰστον
polúspăston 		πολυσπᾰ́στω
poluspắstō 		πολύσπᾰστᾰ
polúspăstă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: πολύσπαστο (polýspasto)
  • Latin: polyspaston
  • Russian: полиспа́ст (polispást)

Adjective

πολύσπαστον • (polúspaston)

  1. inflection of πολυσπαστός (poluspastós):
    1. accusative masculine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular

References

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