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πολυψήφις

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολυψήφις πολυψήφιδος

Structure: πολυψηφιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. with many pebbles, pebbly

Declension

Third 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

  • χρησμὸσ δοθεὶσ Κροίσῳ τῷ Λυδῷ ἀλλ’ ὅταν ἡμίονοσ βασιλεὺσ Μήδοισι γένηται, καὶ τότε, Λυδὲ ποδαβρέ, πολυψήφιδα παρ’ Ἕρμον φεύγειν, μηδὲ μένειν, μηδ’ αἰδεῖσθαι κακὸσ εἶναι. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 14, chapter 1121)
  • πολυψήφιδα παρ’ Ἕρμονφεύγει, οὐδὲ μένει, οὐδ’ αἰδεῖται κακὸσ εἶναι. (Plato, Republic, book 8 520:4)
  • εἶπε δὲ τὰ ἔπη ταῦτα, ἀλλ’ ὅταν ἡμίονοσ βασιλεὺσ Μήδοισι γένηται, καὶ τότε, Λυδὲ ποδαβρέ, πολυψήφιδα παρ’ Ἕρμον φεύγειν μηδὲ μένειν μηδ’ αἰδεῖσθαι κακὸσ εἶναι. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, fragmenta libri ix, chapter 31 4:2)
  • ἀλλ’ ὅταν ἡμίονοσ βασιλεὺσ Μήδοισι γένηται, καὶ τότε, Λυδὲ ποδαβρέ, πολυψήφιδα παρ’ Ἕρμον φεύγειν μηδὲ μένειν μηδ’ αἰδεῖσθαι κακόσ εἶναι. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 55 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. with many pebbles

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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