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πολυκοιρανίη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολυκοιρανίη

Structure: πολυκοιρανι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: koi/ranos

Sense

  1. the rule of many

Examples

  • καὶ τῶν Ὁμήρου ἐπῶν τοῦτο ἓν μόνον κατέχειν, ὅτι ’οὐκ ἀγαθὸν πολυκοιρανίη, εἷσ κοίρανοσ ἔστω’, τῶν δὲ ἄλλων μηδὲν ἐπίστασθαι. (Theophrastus, Characters, 2:2)
  • "οὐκ ἀγαθὸν πολυκοιρανίη· (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 12 146:2)
  • οὐκ ἀγαθὸν πολυκοιρανίη· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 54:1)
  • οὐκ ἀγαθὸν πολυκοιρανίη· (Homer, Iliad, Book 2 19:4)

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

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