Πολυκράτης
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πολύς (polús) + κράτος (krátos) + -ης (-ēs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /po.ly.krá.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /po.lyˈkra.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /po.lyˈkra.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /po.lyˈkra.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /po.liˈkra.tis/
Proper noun
Πολῠκρᾰ́της • (Polukrátēs) m (genitive Πολῠκρᾰ́τους); third declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Polycrates
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Πολῠκρᾰ́της ho Polukrátēs | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Πολῠκρᾰ́τους toû Polukrátous | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Πολῠκρᾰ́τει tôi Polukrátei | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Πολῠκρᾰ́τη tòn Polukrátē | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Πολῠ́κρᾰτες Polúkrates | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Πολυκράτης (Polykrátis)
- Latin: Polycrates
Further reading
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,022