Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πολύαινος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολύαινος πολύαινον

Structure: πολυαιν (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ai)ne/w

Sense

  1. much-praised, full of wise speech and lore

Examples

  • τῷ δ’ ἐπαλεξήσων Σῶκοσ κίεν ἰσόθεοσ φώσ, στῆ δὲ μάλ’ ἐγγὺσ ἰὼν καί μιν πρὸσ μῦθον ἐείπεν ὦ Ὀδυσεῦ πολύαινε δόλων ἆτ’ ἠδὲ πόνοιο σήμερον ἢ δοιοῖσιν ἐπεύξεαι Ἱππασίδῃσι τοιώδ’ ἄνδρε κατακτείνασ καὶ τεύχε’ ἀπούρασ, ἤ κεν ἐμῷ ὑπὸ δουρὶ τυπεὶσ ἀπὸ θυμὸν ὀλέσσῃσ. (Homer, Iliad, Book 11 42:7)

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

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