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πολυάϊξ

Third declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολυάϊξ πολυάικος

Structure: πολυαικ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: a)i/+ssw

Sense

  1. much-rushing, impetuous, furious, caused by much fighting

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative πολυάϊξ πολυαῖκε πολυαῖκες
Genitive πολυαῖκος πολυαίκοιν πολυαίκων
Dative πολυαῖκι πολυαίκοιν πολυαῖξιν*
Accusative πολυαῖκα πολυαῖκε πολυαῖκας
Vocative πολυαίξ πολυαῖκε πολυαῖκες

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • οἵ ῥα καὶ ἀθανάτοισιν ἀπειλήτην ἐν Ὀλύμπῳ φυλόπιδα στήσειν πολυάικοσ πολέμοιο. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 11 37:3)
  • ἀλλὰ τὸ μὲν πλεῖον πολυάϊκοσ πολέμοιο χεῖρεσ ἐμαὶ διέπουσ’· (Homer, Iliad, Book 1 18:9)
  • πολλὰσ δὲ στίχασ ἡρώων, πολλὰσ δὲ καὶ ἵππων Αἰνείασ ὑπερᾶλτο θεοῦ ἀπὸ χειρὸσ ὀρούσασ, ἷξε δ’ ἐπ’ ἐσχατιὴν πολυάϊκοσ πολέμοιο, ἔνθά τε Καύκωνεσ πόλεμον μέτα θωρήσσοντο. (Homer, Iliad, Book 20 29:5)

Synonyms

  1. much-rushing

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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