πολλάκις
Ancient Greek edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From πολύς (polús, “many”) + -άκις (-ákis, “times”).
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pol.lá.kis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /polˈla.kis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /polˈla.cis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /polˈla.cis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /poˈla.cis/
Adverb edit
πολλάκῐς • (pollákis)
Further reading edit
- “πολλάκις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πολλάκις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πολλάκις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “πολλάκις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- constantly idem, page 164.
- continually idem, page 168.
- endlessly idem, page 273.
- frequently idem, page 344.
- many idem, page 513.
- perpetually idem, page 607.
- repeatedly idem, page 696.
- time idem, page 875.
Greek edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek πολλάκις (pollákis). By surface analysis, πολύς (polýs, “a lot”) + -άκις (-ákis, “times”).
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
πολλάκις • (pollákis)
Synonyms edit
- πλειστάκις (pleistákis)
- συχνά (sychná)