Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πολύφωνος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολύφωνος πολύφωνον

Structure: πολυφων (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fwnh/

Sense

  1. much-talking, loquacious

Examples

  • "διὸ καὶ πολύφωνοσ ὁ οἶνόσ ἐστι καὶ λαλιᾶσ ἀκαίρου καὶ φρονήματοσ ἡγεμονικοῦ καταπίμπλησιν, ὡσ οὐκ ἀκούειν ἀλλ’ ἀκούεσθαι μᾶλλον ἡμῖν καὶ ἄγειν οὐχ ἕπεσθαι προσῆκον. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 7, 1:8)
  • ὁ δὲ ποιητὴσ πολύφωνόσ τισ ὢν καὶ πολυίστωρ δίδωσιν ἀφορμὰσ ὡσ οὐδὲ τούτων ἀνήκοόσ ἐστι τῶν τόπων, εἴ τισ ὀρθῶσ συλλογίζεσθαι βούλοιτο ἀπ’ ἀμφοῖν, τῶν τε χεῖρον λεγομένων περὶ αὐτῶν καὶ τῶν ἄμεινον καὶ ἀληθέστερον. (Strabo, Geography, book 3, chapter 2 24:1)

Synonyms

  1. much-talking

Related

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

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