Πολυδεύκης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

πολύς (polús, “much”) +‎ δεῦκος (deûkos, “sweet”) +‎ -ης (-ēs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.ly.děu̯.kɛːs/ → /po.lyˈðeɸ.cis/ → /po.liˈðef.cis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.ly.děu̯.kɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /po.lyˈdew.ke̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /po.lyˈðeɸ.cis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /po.lyˈðef.cis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /po.liˈðef.cis/

Proper noun

Πολῠδεύκης • (Poludeúkēs) m (genitive Πολῠδεύκου); first declension

1. Polydeuces; Pollux

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Πολῠδεύκης; τοῦ Πολῠδεύκου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Πολῠδεύκης ho Poludeúkēs
Genitive	τοῦ Πολῠδεύκου toû Poludeúkou
Dative	τῷ Πολῠδεύκῃ tôi Poludeúkēi
Accusative	τὸν Πολῠδεύκην tòn Poludeúkēn
Vocative	Πολῠδεύκη Poludeúkē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Πολυδεύκης (Polydéfkis)
• Latin: Polydeuces

See also

• Κάστωρ (Kástōr)

Further reading

• “Πολυδεύκης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Πολυδεύκης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Πολυδεύκης”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• “Πολυδεύκης”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,022