πτολίεθρον

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From πτόλις (ptólis), variant of πόλις (pólis, city) +‎ -θρον (-thron). Olsen calls the phonetic details "quite obscure."[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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πτολίεθρον (ptolíethronn

  1. (Epic) city
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 1.1–2:
      Ἄνδρα μοι ἔννεπε, Μοῦσα, πολύτροπον, ὃς μάλα πολλὰ
      πλάγχθη, ἐπεὶ Τροίης ἱερὸν πτολίεθρον ἔπερσε·
      Ándra moi énnepe, Moûsa, polútropon, hòs mála pollà
      plánkhthē, epeì Troíēs hieròn ptolíethron éperse;
      Muse, sing for me of the man of many ways, who wandered very far, after he sacked the holy city of Troy:

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References

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  1. ^ The Proto-Indo-European Instrument Noun Suffix *-tlom and its Variants, by Birgit Anette Olsen (1988), 7.3.7