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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πολυ- (polu-) + δάκρυ (dákru)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /po.lý.da.krys/ → /poˈly.ða.krys/ → /poˈli.ða.kris/
Adjective
πολύδακρυς • (polúdakrus) m or f; third declension
- (chiefly Epic) bringing many tears, woeful, baleful (epithet of war or battle; found only in the masculine and feminine singular)
Declension
Further reading
- “πολύδακρυς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πολύδακρυς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πολύδακρυς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “πολύδακρυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.