Polycrates
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πολυκράτης (Polukrátēs).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /poˈly.kra.teːs/, [pɔˈlʲʏkrät̪eːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /poˈli.kra.tes/, [poˈliːkrät̪es]
Proper noun edit
Polycratēs m sg (genitive Polycratis or Polycratī); third declension
Declension edit
Third-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Polycratēs |
| Genitive | Polycratis Polycratī |
| Dative | Polycratī |
| Accusative | Polycratem Polycratēn |
| Ablative | Polycrate |
| Vocative | Polycrates |
References edit
- “Polycrates”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Polycrates in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)