πολύτυρος
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editπολῠ- (polu-, “many, much”) + τῡρός (tūrós, “cheese”) + -ος (-os, suffix forming two-termination second-declension compound adjectives)
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /po.lý.tyː.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /poˈly.ty.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /poˈly.ty.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /poˈly.ty.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /poˈli.ti.ros/
Adjective
editπολῠ́τῡρος • (polútūros) m or f (neuter πολῠ́τῡρον); second declension
- rich in or concerning much cheese or butter
- 5th century BC, Pherecrates, Fragmenta 130.6–8:[1]
- ὁ Ζεὺς δ’ ὕων οἴνῳ καπνίᾳ κατὰ τοῦ κεράμου βαλανεύσει, ἀπὸ τῶν δὲ τεγῶν ὀχετοὶ βοτρύων μετὰ ναστίσκων πολυτύρων ὀχετεύσονται θερμῷ σὺν ἔτνει καὶ λειριοπολφανεμώναις.
- ho Zeùs d’ húōn oínōi kapníāi katà toû kerámou balaneúsei, apò tôn dè tegôn okhetoì botrúōn metà nastískōn polutúrōn okheteúsontai thermôi sùn étnei kaì leiriopolphanemṓnais.
- ὁ Ζεὺς δ’ ὕων οἴνῳ καπνίᾳ κατὰ τοῦ κεράμου βαλανεύσει, ἀπὸ τῶν δὲ τεγῶν ὀχετοὶ βοτρύων μετὰ ναστίσκων πολυτύρων ὀχετεύσονται θερμῷ σὺν ἔτνει καὶ λειριοπολφανεμώναις.
Declension
editNumber | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | πολῠ́τῡρος polútūros |
πολῠ́τῡρον polútūron |
πολῠτῡ́ρω polutū́rō |
πολῠτῡ́ρω polutū́rō |
πολῠ́τῡροι polútūroi |
πολῠ́τῡρᾰ polútūra | ||||||||
Genitive | πολῠτῡ́ρου polutū́rou |
πολῠτῡ́ρου polutū́rou |
πολῠτῡ́ροιν polutū́roin |
πολῠτῡ́ροιν polutū́roin |
πολῠτῡ́ρων polutū́rōn |
πολῠτῡ́ρων polutū́rōn | ||||||||
Dative | πολῠτῡ́ρῳ polutū́rōi |
πολῠτῡ́ρῳ polutū́rōi |
πολῠτῡ́ροιν polutū́roin |
πολῠτῡ́ροιν polutū́roin |
πολῠτῡ́ροις polutū́rois |
πολῠτῡ́ροις polutū́rois | ||||||||
Accusative | πολῠ́τῡρον polútūron |
πολῠ́τῡρον polútūron |
πολῠτῡ́ρω polutū́rō |
πολῠτῡ́ρω polutū́rō |
πολῠτῡ́ρους polutū́rous |
πολῠ́τῡρᾰ polútūra | ||||||||
Vocative | πολῠ́τῡρε polútūre |
πολῠ́τῡρον polútūron |
πολῠτῡ́ρω polutū́rō |
πολῠτῡ́ρω polutū́rō |
πολῠ́τῡροι polútūroi |
πολῠ́τῡρᾰ polútūra | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
πολῠτῡ́ρως polutū́rōs |
πολῠτῡρότερος polutūróteros |
πολῠτῡρότᾰτος polutūrótatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
edit- “πολύτῡρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πολύτυρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Pape, Wilhelm, Benseler, Gustav Eduard (1884) “πολύτυρος”, in Wörterbuch der griechischen Eigennamen (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn