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πολυμαθία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολυμαθία

Structure: πολυμαθι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Sense

  1. much-learning

Declension

First declension

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

  • τούτῳ γὰρ τῷ διαστήματι περιωρίσθω ἡμῖν ἡ τοῦ ὀρχηστοῦ πολυμαθία καὶ τὰ διὰ μέσου μάλιστα ἴστω, Οὐρανοῦ τομήν, Ἀφροδίτησ γονάσ, Τιτάνων μάχην, Διὸσ γένεσιν, Ῥέασ ἀπάτην, λίθου ὑποβολήν, Κρόνου δεσμά, τὸν τῶν τριῶν ἀδελφῶν κλῆρον. (Lucian, De saltatione, (no name) 37:2)
  • πολλοῦ ἄρα δεῖ ἡμῖν, ὦ βέλτιστε, τὸ φιλοσοφεῖν πολυμαθία τε εἶναι καὶ ἡ περὶ τὰσ τέχνασ πραγματεία. (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 181:1)
  • οὐδαμοῦ γὰρ δεινὸν οὐδὲ σφοδρὸν ἀπειρία τῶν πάντων οὐδὲ μέγιστον κακόν, ἀλλ’ ἡ πολυπειρία καὶ πολυμαθία μετὰ κακῆσ ἀγωγῆσ γίγνεται πολὺ τούτων μείζων ζημία. (Plato, Laws, book 7 193:2)

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

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