πολύτροπος

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 7 May 2014

Etymology

From πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s, “many”) +‎ τρόπος (trópos, “turn”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.lý.tro.pos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /poˈly.tro.pos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /poˈly.tro.pos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /poˈly.tro.pos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /poˈli.tro.pos/

Adjective

πολῠ́τροπος • (polŭ́tropos) m or f (neuter πολῠ́τροπον); second declension

much turned, much traveled, much wandering
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 1.1–2:
  Ἄνδρα μοι ἔννεπε, Μοῦσα, πολύτροπον, ὃς μάλα πολλὰ
  πλάγχθη, ἐπεὶ Τροίης ἱερὸν πτολίεθρον ἔπερσεν:
  Ándra moi énnepe, Moûsa, polútropon, hòs mála pollà
  plánkhthē, epeì Troíēs hieròn ptolíethron épersen:
  Muse, sing for me of the man of many ways, who wandered very far, after he sacked the holy city of Troy:
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 10.330
turning many ways
- 6th century BC, Theognis of Megara, Elegies 215
1. (figurative) shifty, versatile, wily
  - 7th–6th centuries BC, Homeric Hymn to Hermes 13.439
2. (of diseases) changeful, complicated
  - 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Life of Numa
various, manifold
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.44

Inflection

Second declension of πολῠ́τροπος; πολῠ́τροπον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	πολῠ́τροπος polŭ́tropos	πολῠ́τροπον polŭ́tropon	πολῠτρόπω polŭtrópō	πολῠτρόπω polŭtrópō	πολῠ́τροποι polŭ́tropoi	πολῠ́τροπᾰ polŭ́tropă
Genitive	πολῠτρόπου polŭtrópou	πολῠτρόπου polŭtrópou	πολῠτρόποιν polŭtrópoin	πολῠτρόποιν polŭtrópoin	πολῠτρόπων polŭtrópōn	πολῠτρόπων polŭtrópōn
Dative	πολῠτρόπῳ polŭtrópōi	πολῠτρόπῳ polŭtrópōi	πολῠτρόποιν polŭtrópoin	πολῠτρόποιν polŭtrópoin	πολῠτρόποις polŭtrópois	πολῠτρόποις polŭtrópois
Accusative	πολῠ́τροπον polŭ́tropon	πολῠ́τροπον polŭ́tropon	πολῠτρόπω polŭtrópō	πολῠτρόπω polŭtrópō	πολῠτρόπους polŭtrópous	πολῠ́τροπᾰ polŭ́tropă
Vocative	πολῠ́τροπε polŭ́trope	πολῠ́τροπον polŭ́tropon	πολῠτρόπω polŭtrópō	πολῠτρόπω polŭtrópō	πολῠ́τροποι polŭ́tropoi	πολῠ́τροπᾰ polŭ́tropă
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	πολῠτρόπως polŭtrópōs		πολῠτροπώτερος polŭtropṓteros		πολῠτροπώτᾰτος polŭtropṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

“πολύτροπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
πολύτροπος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
πολύτροπος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
“πολύτροπος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers