πολύτροπος

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 7 May 2014

Etymology

From πολῠ́ς (polús, “many”) +‎ τρόπος (trópos, “turn”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.lý.tro.pos/ → /poˈly.tro.pos/ → /poˈli.tro.pos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.lý.tro.pos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /poˈly.tro.pos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /poˈly.tro.pos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /poˈly.tro.pos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /poˈli.tro.pos/

Adjective

πολῠ́τροπος • (polútropos) m or f (neuter πολῠ́τροπον); second declension

1. much turned, much traveled, much wandering
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 1.1–2:

     Ἄνδρα μοι ἔννεπε, Μοῦσα, πολύτροπον, ὃς μάλα πολλὰ
     πλάγχθη, ἐπεὶ Τροίης ἱερὸν πτολίεθρον ἔπερσε·

     Ándra moi énnepe, Moûsa, polútropon, hòs mála pollà
     plánkhthē, epeì Troíēs hieròn ptolíethron éperse;

     Muse, sing for me of the man of many ways, who wandered very far, after he sacked the holy city of Troy:

   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 10.330
2. turning many ways
   • 6th century BC, Theognis of Megara, Elegies 215
   1. (figurative) shifty, versatile, wily
      • 7th–6th centuries BC, Homeric Hymn to Hermes 13.439
   2. (of diseases) changeful, complicated
      • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Life of Numa
3. various, manifold
   • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.44

Inflection

Second declension of πολῠ́τροπος; πολῠ́τροπον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πολῠ́τροπος polútropos	πολῠ́τροπον polútropon		πολῠτρόπω polutrópō	πολῠτρόπω polutrópō		πολῠ́τροποι polútropoi	πολῠ́τροπᾰ polútropa
Genitive		πολῠτρόπου polutrópou	πολῠτρόπου polutrópou		πολῠτρόποιν polutrópoin	πολῠτρόποιν polutrópoin		πολῠτρόπων polutrópōn	πολῠτρόπων polutrópōn
Dative		πολῠτρόπῳ polutrópōi	πολῠτρόπῳ polutrópōi		πολῠτρόποιν polutrópoin	πολῠτρόποιν polutrópoin		πολῠτρόποις polutrópois	πολῠτρόποις polutrópois
Accusative		πολῠ́τροπον polútropon	πολῠ́τροπον polútropon		πολῠτρόπω polutrópō	πολῠτρόπω polutrópō		πολῠτρόπους polutrópous	πολῠ́τροπᾰ polútropa
Vocative		πολῠ́τροπε polútrope	πολῠ́τροπον polútropon		πολῠτρόπω polutrópō	πολῠτρόπω polutrópō		πολῠ́τροποι polútropoi	πολῠ́τροπᾰ polútropa
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		πολῠτρόπως polutrópōs			πολῠτροπώτερος polutropṓteros			πολῠτροπώτᾰτος polutropṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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