πολύτυρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

πολῠ- (polu-, “many, much”) +‎ τῡρός (tūrós, “cheese”) +‎ -ος (-os, suffix forming two-termination second-declension compound adjectives)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.lý.tyː.ros/ → /poˈly.ty.ros/ → /poˈli.ti.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.lý.tyː.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /poˈly.ty.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /poˈly.ty.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /poˈly.ty.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /poˈli.ti.ros/

Adjective

πολῠ́τῡρος • (polútūros) m or f (neuter πολῠ́τῡρον); second declension

1. 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.

Declension

Second declension of πολῠ́τῡρος; πολῠ́τῡρον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
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
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “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