πολυτελής
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From πολυ- (polu-) + τέλος (télos) + -ής (-ḗs).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /po.ly.te.lɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /po.ly.teˈle̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /po.ly.teˈlis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /po.ly.teˈlis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /po.li.teˈlis/
Adjective
[edit]πολῠτελής • (polutelḗs) m or f (neuter πολῠτελές); third declension
- very expensive, precious, costly
- luxurious, extravagant
Declension
[edit]Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | πολῠτελής polutelḗs |
πολῠτελές polutelés |
πολῠτελεῖ poluteleî |
πολῠτελεῖ poluteleî |
πολῠτελεῖς poluteleîs |
πολῠτελῆ polutelê | ||||||||
Genitive | πολῠτελοῦς poluteloûs |
πολῠτελοῦς poluteloûs |
πολῠτελοῖν poluteloîn |
πολῠτελοῖν poluteloîn |
πολῠτελῶν polutelôn |
πολῠτελῶν polutelôn | ||||||||
Dative | πολῠτελεῖ poluteleî |
πολῠτελεῖ poluteleî |
πολῠτελοῖν poluteloîn |
πολῠτελοῖν poluteloîn |
πολῠτελέσῐ / πολῠτελέσῐν polutelési(n) |
πολῠτελέσῐ / πολῠτελέσῐν polutelési(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | πολῠτελῆ polutelê |
πολῠτελές polutelés |
πολῠτελεῖ poluteleî |
πολῠτελεῖ poluteleî |
πολῠτελεῖς poluteleîs |
πολῠτελῆ polutelê | ||||||||
Vocative | πολῠτελές polutelés |
πολῠτελές polutelés |
πολῠτελεῖ poluteleî |
πολῠτελεῖ poluteleî |
πολῠτελεῖς poluteleîs |
πολῠτελῆ polutelê | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
πολῠτελῶς polutelôs |
πολῠτελέστερος polutelésteros |
πολῠτελέστᾰτος poluteléstatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
[edit]- πολυτελής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “πολυτελής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- G4185 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek πολυτελής (polutelḗs). From πολυ- + τέλος + -ής.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]πολυτελής • (polytelís) m (feminine πολυτελής, neuter πολυτελές)
Declension
[edit]Declension of πολυτελής
number case \ gender |
singular | plural | ||||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
nominative | πολυτελής • | πολυτελής • | πολυτελές • | πολυτελείς • | πολυτελείς • | πολυτελή • |
genitive | πολυτελούς • / πολυτελή • | πολυτελούς • | πολυτελούς • | πολυτελών • | πολυτελών • | πολυτελών • |
accusative | πολυτελή • | πολυτελή • | πολυτελές • | πολυτελείς • | πολυτελείς • | πολυτελή • |
vocative | πολυτελή • / πολυτελής • | πολυτελής • | πολυτελές • | πολυτελείς • | πολυτελείς • | πολυτελή • |
derivations | Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο πολυτελής, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο πολυτελής, etc.) |
Degrees of comparison by suffixation
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *kʷel-
- Ancient Greek terms prefixed with πολυ-
- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ής
- Ancient Greek 4-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek adjectives
- Ancient Greek oxytone terms
- Greek terms inherited from Ancient Greek
- Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Greek terms prefixed with πολυ-
- Greek terms suffixed with -ής
- Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Greek lemmas
- Greek adjectives
- Greek adjectives in declension ής-ής-ές