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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Bahuvrīhi compound of πολυ- (polu-) + πῖδαξ (pîdax)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /po.ly.pîː.daks/ → /po.lyˈpi.ðaks/ → /po.liˈpi.ðaks/
Adjective
πολῠπῖδαξ • (polupîdax) f (third declension)
- having many springs or fountains (epithet of Mount Ida)
Declension
Attested only in the feminine singular.
Further reading
- “πολυπῖδαξ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πολυπῖδαξ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πολυπῖδαξ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “πολυπῖδαξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press