πολυμαθής
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom πολύς (polús, “much”) + μαθ- (math-), the root of μανθάνω (manthánō, “to learn”), + -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /po.ly.ma.tʰɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /po.ly.maˈtʰe̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /po.ly.maˈθis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /po.ly.maˈθis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /po.li.maˈθis/
Adjective
editπολυμαθής • (polumathḗs) m or f (neuter πολυμαθές); third declension
- Having learnt much, knowing much
- 436 BCE – 338 BCE, Isocrates, To Demonicus 18:
- Ἐάν ᾖς φιλομαθής, ἔσει πολυμαθής.
- Eán êis philomathḗs, ései polumathḗs.
- If you have a love of learning, you will become educated.
- Ἐάν ᾖς φιλομαθής, ἔσει πολυμαθής.
- 422 BCE, Aristophanes, The Wasps 1175:
- ἄγε νυν, ἐπιστήσει λόγους σεμνοὺς λέγειν ἀνδρῶν παρόντων πολυμαθῶν καὶ δεξιῶν;
- áge nun, epistḗsei lógous semnoùs légein andrôn paróntōn polumathôn kaì dexiôn?
- And now, will you know how to speak of solemn things to these learned and upright men?
- ἄγε νυν, ἐπιστήσει λόγους σεμνοὺς λέγειν ἀνδρῶν παρόντων πολυμαθῶν καὶ δεξιῶν;
Inflection
editNumber | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | πολυμαθής polumathḗs |
πολυμαθές polumathés |
πολυμαθεῖ polumatheî |
πολυμαθεῖ polumatheî |
πολυμαθεῖς polumatheîs |
πολυμαθῆ polumathê | ||||||||
Genitive | πολυμαθοῦς polumathoûs |
πολυμαθοῦς polumathoûs |
πολυμαθοῖν polumathoîn |
πολυμαθοῖν polumathoîn |
πολυμαθῶν polumathôn |
πολυμαθῶν polumathôn | ||||||||
Dative | πολυμαθεῖ polumatheî |
πολυμαθεῖ polumatheî |
πολυμαθοῖν polumathoîn |
πολυμαθοῖν polumathoîn |
πολυμαθέσῐ / πολυμαθέσῐν polumathési(n) |
πολυμαθέσῐ / πολυμαθέσῐν polumathési(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | πολυμαθῆ polumathê |
πολυμαθές polumathés |
πολυμαθεῖ polumatheî |
πολυμαθεῖ polumatheî |
πολυμαθεῖς polumatheîs |
πολυμαθῆ polumathê | ||||||||
Vocative | πολυμαθές polumathés |
πολυμαθές polumathés |
πολυμαθεῖ polumatheî |
πολυμαθεῖ polumatheî |
πολυμαθεῖς polumatheîs |
πολυμαθῆ polumathê | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
πολυμαθῶς polumathôs |
πολυμαθέστερος polumathésteros |
πολυμαθέστᾰτος polumathéstatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
edit- πολυμαθέω (polumathéō)
- πολυμαθία (polumathía)
- πολυμαθημοσύνη (polumathēmosúnē)
- πολυμαθήμων (polumathḗmōn)
Related terms
edit- πολυμαθῶς (polumathôs)
- πολυμαθέστερος (polumathésteros)
- πολυμαθέστατος (polumathéstatos)
Descendants
edit- English: polymath
References
edit- “πολυμαθής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πολυμαθής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πολυμαθής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pleh₁-
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *men- (think)
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰeh₁-
- Ancient Greek compound terms
- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ής
- Ancient Greek 4-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek adjectives
- Ancient Greek oxytone terms
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