πολύφρων
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πολυ- (polu-) + -φρων (-phrōn).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /po.lý.pʰrɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /poˈly.pʰron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /poˈly.ɸron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /poˈly.fron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /poˈli.fron/
Adjective
πολύφρων • (polúphrōn) m or f (neuter πολύφρον); third declension
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | πολύφρων polúphrōn |
πολύφρον polúphron |
πολύφρονε polúphrone |
πολύφρονε polúphrone |
πολύφρονες polúphrones |
πολύφρονᾰ polúphronă | ||||||||
| Genitive | πολύφρονος polúphronos |
πολύφρονος polúphronos |
πολυφρόνοιν poluphrónoin |
πολυφρόνοιν poluphrónoin |
πολυφρόνων poluphrónōn |
πολυφρόνων poluphrónōn | ||||||||
| Dative | πολύφρονῐ polúphronĭ |
πολύφρονῐ polúphronĭ |
πολυφρόνοιν poluphrónoin |
πολυφρόνοιν poluphrónoin |
πολύφροσῐ / πολύφροσῐν polúphrosĭ(n) |
πολύφροσῐ / πολύφροσῐν polúphrosĭ(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | πολύφρονᾰ polúphronă |
πολύφρον polúphron |
πολύφρονε polúphrone |
πολύφρονε polúphrone |
πολύφρονᾰς polúphronăs |
πολύφρονᾰ polúphronă | ||||||||
| Vocative | πολύφρον polúphron |
πολύφρον polúphron |
πολύφρονε polúphrone |
πολύφρονε polúphrone |
πολύφρονες polúphrones |
πολύφρονᾰ polúphronă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| πολυφρόνως poluphrónōs |
πολυφρονέστερος poluphronésteros |
πολυφρονέστᾰτος poluphronéstătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “πολύφρων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πολύφρων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πολύφρων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “πολύφρων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press