πολύπτυχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πολυ- (polu-) +‎ πτυχή (ptukhḗ) +‎ -ος (-os)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.lýp.ty.kʰos/ → /poˈlyp.ty.xos/ → /poˈlip.ti.xos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.lýp.ty.kʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /poˈlyp.ty.kʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /poˈlyp.ty.xos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /poˈlyp.ty.xos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /poˈlip.ti.xos/

Adjective

πολύπτῠχος • (polúptukhos) m or f (neuter πολύπτῠχον); second declension

1. having many folds
2. manifold

Declension

Second declension of πολῠ́πτῠχος; πολῠ́πτῠχον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πολῠ́πτῠχος polúptukhos	πολῠ́πτῠχον polúptukhon		πολῠπτῠ́χω poluptúkhō	πολῠπτῠ́χω poluptúkhō		πολῠ́πτῠχοι polúptukhoi	πολῠ́πτῠχᾰ polúptukha
Genitive		πολῠπτῠ́χου poluptúkhou	πολῠπτῠ́χου poluptúkhou		πολῠπτῠ́χοιν poluptúkhoin	πολῠπτῠ́χοιν poluptúkhoin		πολῠπτῠ́χων poluptúkhōn	πολῠπτῠ́χων poluptúkhōn
Dative		πολῠπτῠ́χῳ poluptúkhōi	πολῠπτῠ́χῳ poluptúkhōi		πολῠπτῠ́χοιν poluptúkhoin	πολῠπτῠ́χοιν poluptúkhoin		πολῠπτῠ́χοις poluptúkhois	πολῠπτῠ́χοις poluptúkhois
Accusative		πολῠ́πτῠχον polúptukhon	πολῠ́πτῠχον polúptukhon		πολῠπτῠ́χω poluptúkhō	πολῠπτῠ́χω poluptúkhō		πολῠπτῠ́χους poluptúkhous	πολῠ́πτῠχᾰ polúptukha
Vocative		πολῠ́πτῠχε polúptukhe	πολῠ́πτῠχον polúptukhon		πολῠπτῠ́χω poluptúkhō	πολῠπτῠ́χω poluptúkhō		πολῠ́πτῠχοι polúptukhoi	πολῠ́πτῠχᾰ polúptukha
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Descendants

• Greek: πολύπτυχος (polýptychos)
• → English: polyptych
• → Esperanto: poliptiko
• → German: Polyptychon
• → Irish: poiliptic
• → Latin: polyptychus
  • Catalan: políptic
  • French: polyptyque
  • Italian: polittico
  • Lombard: politich
  • Portuguese: políptico
  • Romanian: poliptic
  • Spanish: políptico
• → Polish: poliptyk
• → Russian: полиптих (poliptix)

Further reading

• “πολύπτυχος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πολύπτυχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πολύπτυχος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “πολύπτυχος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “πολύπτυχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • valley idem, page 943.