polyspaston
English edit
Noun edit
polyspaston (plural polyspastons)
- (historical) A hoisting-tackle with many pulleys.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek πολύσπαστον (polúspaston, “compound pulley”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /po.lysˈpas.ton/, [pɔlʲʏs̠ˈpäs̠t̪ɔn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /po.lisˈpas.ton/, [polisˈpäst̪on]
Noun edit
polyspaston n (genitive polyspastī); second declension
- A hoisting-tackle with many pulleys.
- c. 15 BCE, Vitruvius, De architectura 10.5:
- Hoc genus machinae polyspaston appellatur, quod multis orbiculorum circumitionibus et facilitatem summam praestat et celeritatem.
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | polyspaston | polyspasta |
| Genitive | polyspastī | polyspastōrum |
| Dative | polyspastō | polyspastīs |
| Accusative | polyspaston | polyspasta |
| Ablative | polyspastō | polyspastīs |
| Vocative | polyspaston | polyspasta |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- English: polyspast
- French: polyspaste
- Spanish: polispasto
References edit
- “polyspaston”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- polyspaston in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Liddell & Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon