πολύχρυσος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πολῠ- (polŭ-, “many”) + χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /po.lý.kʰryː.sos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /poˈly.kʰry.sos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /poˈly.xry.sos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /poˈly.xry.sos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /poˈli.xri.sos/
Adjective
πολῠ́χρῡσος • (polŭ́khrūsos) m or f (neuter πολῠ́χρῡσον); second declension
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | πολῠ́χρῡσος polŭ́khrūsos |
πολῠ́χρῡσον polŭ́khrūson |
πολῠχρῡ́σω polŭkhrū́sō |
πολῠχρῡ́σω polŭkhrū́sō |
πολῠ́χρῡσοι polŭ́khrūsoi |
πολῠ́χρῡσᾰ polŭ́khrūsă | ||||||||
| Genitive | πολῠχρῡ́σου polŭkhrū́sou |
πολῠχρῡ́σου polŭkhrū́sou |
πολῠχρῡ́σοιν polŭkhrū́soin |
πολῠχρῡ́σοιν polŭkhrū́soin |
πολῠχρῡ́σων polŭkhrū́sōn |
πολῠχρῡ́σων polŭkhrū́sōn | ||||||||
| Dative | πολῠχρῡ́σῳ polŭkhrū́sōi |
πολῠχρῡ́σῳ polŭkhrū́sōi |
πολῠχρῡ́σοιν polŭkhrū́soin |
πολῠχρῡ́σοιν polŭkhrū́soin |
πολῠχρῡ́σοις polŭkhrū́sois |
πολῠχρῡ́σοις polŭkhrū́sois | ||||||||
| Accusative | πολῠ́χρῡσον polŭ́khrūson |
πολῠ́χρῡσον polŭ́khrūson |
πολῠχρῡ́σω polŭkhrū́sō |
πολῠχρῡ́σω polŭkhrū́sō |
πολῠχρῡ́σους polŭkhrū́sous |
πολῠ́χρῡσᾰ polŭ́khrūsă | ||||||||
| Vocative | πολῠ́χρῡσε polŭ́khrūse |
πολῠ́χρῡσον polŭ́khrūson |
πολῠχρῡ́σω polŭkhrū́sō |
πολῠχρῡ́σω polŭkhrū́sō |
πολῠ́χρῡσοι polŭ́khrūsoi |
πολῠ́χρῡσᾰ polŭ́khrūsă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| πολῠχρῡ́σως polŭkhrū́sōs |
πολῠχρῡσότερος polŭkhrūsóteros |
πολῠχρῡσότᾰτος polŭkhrūsótătos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “πολύχρυσος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πολύχρυσος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette