πολύτριχον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Neutral form of πολῠ́τρῐχος (polútrikhos, “very hairy, bushy”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.lý.tri.kʰon/ → /poˈly.tri.xon/ → /poˈli.tri.xon/

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

Noun

πολῠ́τρῐχον • (polútrikhon) n (genitive πολῠτρῐ́χου); second declension

1. maidenhair (Adiantum capillus-veneris)

   Synonym: ἀδίαντον (adíanton)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ πολῠ́τρῐχον; τοῦ πολῠτρῐ́χου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ πολῠ́τρῐχον tò polútrikhon	τὼ πολῠτρῐ́χω tṑ polutríkhō	τᾰ̀ πολῠ́τρῐχᾰ tà polútrikha
Genitive	τοῦ πολῠτρῐ́χου toû polutríkhou	τοῖν πολῠτρῐ́χοιν toîn polutríkhoin	τῶν πολῠτρῐ́χων tôn polutríkhōn
Dative	τῷ πολῠτρῐ́χῳ tôi polutríkhōi	τοῖν πολῠτρῐ́χοιν toîn polutríkhoin	τοῖς πολῠτρῐ́χοις toîs polutríkhois
Accusative	τὸ πολῠ́τρῐχον tò polútrikhon	τὼ πολῠτρῐ́χω tṑ polutríkhō	τᾰ̀ πολῠ́τρῐχᾰ tà polútrikha
Vocative	πολῠ́τρῐχον polútrikhon	πολῠτρῐ́χω polutríkhō	πολῠ́τρῐχᾰ polútrikha
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “πολύτριχον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πολύτριχον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette