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πολύχρηστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολύχρηστος πολύχρηστον

Structure: πολυχρηστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. useful for many purposes

Examples

  • ἔστι δὲ τέτταρα σχεδὸν ἃ παιδεύειν εἰώθασι, γράμματα καὶ γυμναστικὴν καὶ μουσικὴν καὶ τέταρτον ἔνιοι γραφικήν, τὴν μὲν γραμματικὴν καὶ γραφικὴν ὡσ χρησίμουσ πρὸσ τὸν βίον οὔσασ καὶ πολυχρήστουσ, τὴν δὲ γυμναστικὴν ὡσ συντείνουσαν πρὸσ ἀνδρείαν· (Aristotle, Politics, Book 8 17:2)

Synonyms

  1. useful for many purposes

Similar forms

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

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