πολύμητις

Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

Bahuvrīhi compound of πολύς (polús, “many”) +‎ μῆτις (mêtis, “counsel”).

Pronunciation edit

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

Adjective edit

πολύμητις • (polúmētis)

of many counsels

Usage notes edit

Almost always an epithet of Odysseus; once (Iliad 21:355) of Hephaestus.

Declension edit

Found only in the singular, and usually in the nominative masculine. The genitive singular masculine πολυμήτιος (polumḗtios) and dative singular feminine πολυμήτιδι (polumḗtidi) are attested.

Third declension of πολῠ́μητῐς; πολῠμήτῐος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	πολῠ́μητῐς polúmētis
Genitive	πολῠμήτῐος polumḗtios
Dative	πολῠμήτῑ polumḗtī
Accusative	πολῠ́μητῐν polúmētin
Vocative	πολῠ́μητῐ polúmēti
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of πολέμητῐς; πολῠμήτῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	πολέμητῐς polémētis
Genitive	πολῠμήτῐδος polumḗtidos
Dative	πολῠμήτῐδῐ polumḗtidi
Accusative	πολῠμήτῐδᾰ polumḗtida
Vocative	πολέμητῐς polémētis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

References edit

“πολύμητις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press