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πολύφρων

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολύφρων πολύφρονος

Structure: πολυφρων (Stem)

Etym.: frh/n

Sense

  1. much-thinking, thoughtful, ingenious, inventive

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative πολύφρων πολύφρονε πολύφρονες
Genitive πολύφρονος πολυφρόνοιν πολυφρόνων
Dative πολύφρονι πολυφρόνοιν πολύφροσιν*
Accusative πολύφρονα πολύφρονε πολύφρονας
Vocative πολύφρων πολύφρονε πολύφρονες

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

  • καὶ ὁ μὲν Πολύδωροσ, πορευομένων ἀμφοτέρων εἰσ Λάρισαν, νύκτωρ καθεύδων ἀποθνῄσκει ὑπὸ Πολύφρονοσ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ, ὡσ ἐδόκει· (Xenophon, Hellenica, , chapter 4 39:2)
  • ἀμφὶ δὲ δεσμοὶ τεχνήεντεσ ἔχυντο πολύφρονοσ Ἡφαίστοιο, οὐδέ τι κινῆσαι μελέων ἦν οὐδ’ ἀναεῖραι. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 8 32:3)
  • ἄσβεστοσ δ’ ἄρ’ ἐνῶρτο γέλωσ μακάρεσσι θεοῖσι τέχνασ εἰσορόωσι πολύφρονοσ Ἡφαίστοιο. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 8 34:5)
  • τεῖρε δ’ ἀϋτμὴ Ἡφαίστοιο βίηφι πολύφρονοσ. (Homer, Iliad, Book 21 29:4)

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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