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πολύμητις
πολύμητις
Ancient Greek
Adjective
πολύμητις • (polúmētis)
Usage notes
Almost always an epithet of Odysseus; once (Iliad 21:355) of Hephaestus.
Declension
Found only in the singular, and usually in the nominative masculine. The genitive singular masculine πολυμήτιος (polumḗtios) and dative singular feminine πολυμήτιδι (polumḗtidi) are attested.
Third declension of πολῠ́μητῐς; πολῠμήτῐος
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | πολῠ́μητῐς | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | πολῠμήτῐος | ||||||||||||
| Dative | πολῠμήτῑ | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | πολῠ́μητῐν | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | πολῠ́μητῐ | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Third declension of πολῠ́μητῐς; πολῠμήτῐδος
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | πολῠ́μητῐς | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | πολῠμήτῐδος | ||||||||||||
| Dative | πολῠμήτῐδῐ | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | πολῠ́μητῐν | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | πολῠ́μητῐ | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
References
- πολύμητις in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press