πολύτριχον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Neutral form of πολῠ́τρῐχος (polŭ́trĭkhos, “very hairy, bushy”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /po.lý.tri.kʰon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /poˈly.tri.kʰon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /poˈly.tri.xon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /poˈly.tri.xon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /poˈli.tri.xon/
Noun
πολῠ́τρῐχον • (polŭ́trĭkhon) n (genitive πολῠτρῐ́χου); second declension
- maidenhair (Adiantum capillus-veneris)
- Synonym: ἀδίαντον (adíanton)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ πολῠ́τρῐχον tò polŭ́trĭkhon |
τὼ πολῠτρῐ́χω tṑ polŭtrĭ́khō |
τᾰ̀ πολῠ́τρῐχᾰ tằ polŭ́trĭkhă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πολῠτρῐ́χου toû polŭtrĭ́khou |
τοῖν πολῠτρῐ́χοιν toîn polŭtrĭ́khoin |
τῶν πολῠτρῐ́χων tôn polŭtrĭ́khōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πολῠτρῐ́χῳ tōî polŭtrĭ́khōi |
τοῖν πολῠτρῐ́χοιν toîn polŭtrĭ́khoin |
τοῖς πολῠτρῐ́χοις toîs polŭtrĭ́khois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ πολῠ́τρῐχον tò polŭ́trĭkhon |
τὼ πολῠτρῐ́χω tṑ polŭtrĭ́khō |
τᾰ̀ πολῠ́τρῐχᾰ tằ polŭ́trĭkhă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πολῠ́τρῐχον polŭ́trĭkhon |
πολῠτρῐ́χω polŭtrĭ́khō |
πολῠ́τρῐχᾰ polŭ́trĭkhă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “πολύτριχον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πολύτριχον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette