Πολύδωρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πολῠ- (polu-, “many”) +‎ δῶρον (dôron, “gift”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.lý.dɔː.ros/ → /poˈly.ðo.ros/ → /poˈli.ðo.ros/

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

Proper noun

Πολῠ́δωρος • (Polúdōros) m (genitive Πολῠδώρου); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Polydorus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Πολῠ́δωρος; τοῦ Πολῠδώρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Πολῠ́δωρος ho Polúdōros
Genitive	τοῦ Πολῠδώρου toû Poludṓrou
Dative	τῷ Πολῠδώρῳ tôi Poludṓrōi
Accusative	τὸν Πολῠ́δωρον tòn Polúdōron
Vocative	Πολῠ́δωρε Polúdōre
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Πολύδωρος (Polýdoros)
• Italian: Polidoro
• Latin: Polydōrus

References

• “Πολύδωρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,023