Πολίχνα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Πολίχνη (Políkhnē)

Etymology

From πολίχνη (políkhnē, “small city”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.lí.kʰna/ → /poˈli.xna/ → /poˈli.xna/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.lí.kʰna/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /poˈli.kʰna/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /poˈli.xna/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /poˈli.xna/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /poˈli.xna/

Proper noun

Πολῐ́χνᾰ • (Políkhna) f (genitive Πολῐ́χνᾰς); first declension

1. Polichna, Troad, Turkey
2. Polichna, Messenia, Greece
3. Polichna, Laconia, Greece

Declension

First declension of ἡ Πολῐ́χνᾰ; τῆς Πολῐ́χνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Πολῐ́χνᾰ hē Políkhna
Genitive	τῆς Πολῐ́χνης tês Políkhnēs
Dative	τῇ Πολῐ́χνῃ têi Políkhnēi
Accusative	τὴν Πολῐ́χνᾰν tḕn Políkhnan
Vocative	Πολῐ́χνᾰ Políkhna
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Πολιχνίτης (Polikhnítēs)

Descendants

• → Latin: Polichna

References

• Πολίχνα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette