Πολύκλειτος
See also: πολύκλειτος
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From πολύκλειτος (polúkleitos, “far-famed, much-renowned”), from πολύ (polú, “very”) + κλειτός (kleitós, “famed”).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /po.lý.kleː.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /poˈly.kli.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /poˈly.kli.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /poˈly.kli.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /poˈli.kli.tos/
Proper noun edit
Πολῠ́κλειτος • (Polúkleitos) m (genitive Πολυκλείτου); second declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Polyclitus
- A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Polyclitus the Elder, 5th century BCE Ancient Greek sculptor and artist from Argos or Sicyon
- A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Polyclitus the Younger, 4th century BCE Ancient Greek architect
Declension edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Πολῠ́κλειτος ho Polúkleitos |
τὼ Πολῠκλείτω tṑ Polukleítō |
οἱ Πολῠ́κλειτοι hoi Polúkleitoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Πολῠκλείτου toû Polukleítou |
τοῖν Πολῠκλείτοιν toîn Polukleítoin |
τῶν Πολῠκλείτων tôn Polukleítōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Πολῠκλείτῳ tôi Polukleítōi |
τοῖν Πολῠκλείτοιν toîn Polukleítoin |
τοῖς Πολῠκλείτοις toîs Polukleítois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Πολῠ́κλειτον tòn Polúkleiton |
τὼ Πολῠκλείτω tṑ Polukleítō |
τοὺς Πολῠκλείτους toùs Polukleítous | ||||||||||
Vocative | Πολῠ́κλειτε Polúkleite |
Πολῠκλείτω Polukleítō |
Πολῠ́κλειτοι Polúkleitoi | ||||||||||
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Descendants edit
- Greek: Πολύκλειτος (Polýkleitos)
- Latin: Polyclītus, Polyclētus, Poluclētus, Poluclītus
- → Catalan: Policlet (learned)
- → Extremaduran: Policleto (learned)
- → English: Polyclitus, Polycletus (learned)
- → French: Polyclète (learned)
- → Italian: Policleto (learned)
- → Piedmontese: Policlet (learned)
- → Portuguese: Policleto, Policlito (learned)
- → Spanish: Policleto (learned)
Further reading edit
- “πολύκλειτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “πολύκλειτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πολύκλειτος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Πολύκλειτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Πολύκλειτος (Polúkleitos).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Πολύκλειτος • (Polýkleitos) m
- Polyclitus
- A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Polyclitus the Elder, 5th century BCE Ancient Greek sculptor and artist from Argos or Sicyon
- A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Polyclitus the Younger, 4th century BCE Ancient Greek architect
Declension edit
Πολύκλειτος
case \ number | singular |
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nominative | Πολύκλειτος • |
genitive | Πολυκλείτου • |
accusative | Πολύκλειτο • |
vocative | Πολύκλειτε • |