πολύτρητος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πολυ- (polu-, “many”) +‎ τρητός (trētós, “perforated”) (from Proto-Hellenic *trētós, from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub”), compare τείρω (teírō, “I wear out, afflict”)).^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.lý.trɛː.tos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /poˈly.tre̝.tos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /poˈly.tri.tos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /poˈly.tri.tos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /poˈli.tri.tos/

Adjective

πολῠ́τρητος • (polútrētos) m or f (neuter πολῠ́τρητον); second declension

much-pierced, full of holes, porous
Synonyms: σομφός (somphós), χαῦνος (khaûnos)

Inflection

Second declension of πολῠ́τρητος; πολῠ́τρητον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	πολῠ́τρητος polútrētos	πολῠ́τρητον polútrēton	πολῠτρήτω polutrḗtō	πολῠτρήτω polutrḗtō	πολῠ́τρητοι polútrētoi	πολῠ́τρητᾰ polútrēta
Genitive	πολῠτρήτου polutrḗtou	πολῠτρήτου polutrḗtou	πολῠτρήτοιν polutrḗtoin	πολῠτρήτοιν polutrḗtoin	πολῠτρήτων polutrḗtōn	πολῠτρήτων polutrḗtōn
Dative	πολῠτρήτῳ polutrḗtōi	πολῠτρήτῳ polutrḗtōi	πολῠτρήτοιν polutrḗtoin	πολῠτρήτοιν polutrḗtoin	πολῠτρήτοις polutrḗtois	πολῠτρήτοις polutrḗtois
Accusative	πολῠ́τρητον polútrēton	πολῠ́τρητον polútrēton	πολῠτρήτω polutrḗtō	πολῠτρήτω polutrḗtō	πολῠτρήτους polutrḗtous	πολῠ́τρητᾰ polútrēta
Vocative	πολῠ́τρητε polútrēte	πολῠ́τρητον polútrēton	πολῠτρήτω polutrḗtō	πολῠτρήτω polutrḗtō	πολῠ́τρητοι polútrētoi	πολῠ́τρητᾰ polútrēta
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	πολῠτρήτως polutrḗtōs		πολῠτρητότερος polutrētóteros		πολῠτρητότᾰτος polutrētótatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1071-74”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1071-74

“πολύτρητος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“πολύτρητος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“πολύτρητος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
πολύτρητος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
πολύτρητος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963

[1] Pokorny, Julius (1959) “1071-74”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1071-74

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