πολύπικρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πολυ- (polu-, “much”) +‎ πῐκρός (pikrós, “sharp, keen, bitter”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.lý.pi.kros/ → /poˈly.pi.kros/ → /poˈli.pi.kros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.lý.pi.kros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /poˈly.pi.kros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /poˈly.pi.kros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /poˈly.pi.kros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /poˈli.pi.kros/

Adjective

πολῠ́πῐκρος • (polúpikros) m or f (neuter πολῠ́πῐκρον); second declension

1. very keen or bitter

Inflection

Second declension of πολῠ́πῐκρος; πολῠ́πῐκρον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πολῠ́πῐκρος polúpikros	πολῠ́πῐκρον polúpikron		πολῠπῐ́κρω polupíkrō	πολῠπῐ́κρω polupíkrō		πολῠ́πῐκροι polúpikroi	πολῠ́πῐκρᾰ polúpikra
Genitive		πολῠπῐ́κρου polupíkrou	πολῠπῐ́κρου polupíkrou		πολῠπῐ́κροιν polupíkroin	πολῠπῐ́κροιν polupíkroin		πολῠπῐ́κρων polupíkrōn	πολῠπῐ́κρων polupíkrōn
Dative		πολῠπῐ́κρῳ polupíkrōi	πολῠπῐ́κρῳ polupíkrōi		πολῠπῐ́κροιν polupíkroin	πολῠπῐ́κροιν polupíkroin		πολῠπῐ́κροις polupíkrois	πολῠπῐ́κροις polupíkrois
Accusative		πολῠ́πῐκρον polúpikron	πολῠ́πῐκρον polúpikron		πολῠπῐ́κρω polupíkrō	πολῠπῐ́κρω polupíkrō		πολῠπῐ́κρους polupíkrous	πολῠ́πῐκρᾰ polúpikra
Vocative		πολῠ́πῐκρε polúpikre	πολῠ́πῐκρον polúpikron		πολῠπῐ́κρω polupíkrō	πολῠπῐ́κρω polupíkrō		πολῠ́πῐκροι polúpikroi	πολῠ́πῐκρᾰ polúpikra
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		πολῠπῐ́κρως polupíkrōs			πολῠπῐκρότερος polupikróteros			πολῠπῐκρότᾰτος polupikrótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “πολύπικρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πολύπικρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “πολύπικρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πολύπικρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πολύπικρος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963