Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πολυκτήμων

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολυκτήμων πολυκτήμον

Structure: πολυκτημων (Stem)

Sense

  1. with many possessions, exceeding rich

Examples

  • οὐδὲ θάτερον νοσῶν δυοῖν κεκλήσῃ δυσγενὴσ πένησ θ’ ἅμα, ἀλλ’ εὐγενήσ τε καὶ πολυκτήμων βίου. (Euripides, Ion, episode, iambic7)
  • στῆ δὲ μάλ’ ἐγγὺσ ἰών, καὶ ἀκόντισε δουρὶ φαεινῷ, καὶ βάλεν Ἄμφιον Σελάγου υἱόν, ὅσ ῥ’ ἐνὶ Παισῷ ναῖε πολυκτήμων πολυλήϊοσ· (Homer, Iliad, Book 5 63:4)
  • ὁ δὲ ποιητὴσ εἴρηκεν ἀμφοτέρωσ, καὶ προσθεὶσ τὴν πρώτην συλλαβήν καὶ δῆμον Ἀπαισοῦ, καὶ ἀφελών ὅσ ῥ’ ἐνὶ Παισῷ ναῖε πολυκτήμων καὶ ὁ ποταμὸσ νῦν οὕτω καλεῖται. (Strabo, Geography, Book 13, chapter 1 30:3)

Synonyms

  1. with many possessions

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

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