πολυκλήϊς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Bahuvrīhi compound of πολυ- (polu-, “many”) +‎ κληΐς (klēḯs, “rowing bench”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.ly.klɛ̌ː.iːs/ → /po.lyˈkli.is/ → /po.liˈkli.is/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.ly.klɛ̌ː.iːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /po.lyˈkle̝.is/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /po.lyˈkli.is/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /po.lyˈkli.is/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /po.liˈkli.is/

Adjective

πολυκλήῑ̈ς • (poluklḗī̈s) m or f (neuter πολυκλήῑ̈); third declension

1. (Epic) having many rowing benches (epithet of ships)

Declension

Attested only in the feminine dative singular and plural.

Third declension of πολῠκλήῑ̈ς; πολῠκλήῑ̈ (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πολῠκλήῑ̈ς poluklḗī̈s	πολῠκλήῑ̈ poluklḗī̈		πολῠκλήῑ̈δε poluklḗī̈de	πολῠκλήῑ̈δε poluklḗī̈de		πολῠκλήῑ̈δες poluklḗī̈des	πολῠκλήῑ̈δᾰ poluklḗī̈da
Genitive		πολῠκλήῑ̈δος poluklḗī̈dos	πολῠκλήῑ̈δος poluklḗī̈dos		πολῠκληῑ̈́δοιν poluklēī̈́doin	πολῠκληῑ̈́δοιν poluklēī̈́doin		πολῠκληῑ̈́δων poluklēī̈́dōn	πολῠκληῑ̈́δων poluklēī̈́dōn
Dative		πολῠκλήῑ̈δῐ poluklḗī̈di	πολῠκλήῑ̈δῐ poluklḗī̈di		πολῠκληῑ̈́δοιν poluklēī̈́doin	πολῠκληῑ̈́δοιν poluklēī̈́doin		πολῠκλήῑ̈σῐ / πολῠκλήῑ̈σῐν poluklḗī̈si(n)	πολῠκλήῑ̈σῐ / πολῠκλήῑ̈σῐν poluklḗī̈si(n)
Accusative		πολῠκλήῑ̈δᾰ poluklḗī̈da	πολῠκλήῑ̈ poluklḗī̈		πολῠκλήῑ̈δε poluklḗī̈de	πολῠκλήῑ̈δε poluklḗī̈de		πολῠκλήῑ̈δᾰς poluklḗī̈das	πολῠκλήῑ̈δᾰ poluklḗī̈da
Vocative		πολῠκλήῑ̈ς poluklḗī̈s	πολῠκλήῑ̈ poluklḗī̈		πολῠκλήῑ̈δε poluklḗī̈de	πολῠκλήῑ̈δε poluklḗī̈de		πολῠκλήῑ̈δες poluklḗī̈des	πολῠκλήῑ̈δᾰ poluklḗī̈da
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		πολῠκληῑ̈́δως poluklēī̈́dōs			—			—
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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