Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πολυκρατής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολυκρατής πολυκρατές

Structure: πολυκρατη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: kra/tos

Sense

  1. very mighty

Examples

  • πόποι δὴ νερτέρων τυραννίδεσ, ἴδετε πολυκρατεῖσ Ἀραὶ φθινομένων, ἴδεσθ’ Ἀτρειδᾶν τὰ λοίπ’ ἀμηχάνωσ ἔχοντα καὶ δωμάτων ἄτιμα. (Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, choral, strophe 61)

Synonyms

  1. very mighty

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

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