πολύκμητος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πολυ- (polu-) +‎ κάμνω (kámnō, labour, work hard) +‎ -τος (-tos).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

πολῠ́κμητος (polŭ́kmētosm or f (neuter πολῠ́κμητον); second declension

  1. wrought with much toil, hard to shape, especially as a Homeric epithet of iron (contrasted with malleable copper)
    πολύκμητος σίδηροςpolúkmētos sídērosiron wrought with toil
    • c. 8th century BCE, Homer, “Rhapsody Ζ”, in Iliad, section 48:
      χαλκός τε χρυσός τε πολύκμητός τε σίδηρος
      khalkós te khrusós te polúkmētós te sídēros
      copper and gold and iron wrought with toil
  2. laborious
    πολύκμητος τέχνηpolúkmētos tékhnēlaborious craft
  3. of a person: hard-working, toiler
    • late 4th century CE, Quintus Smyrnaeus, “Book IX”, in Posthomerica, section 173:
      δίκτυον ἐξερύωσι πολύκμητοι ἁλιῆες
      díktuon exerúōsi polúkmētoi haliêes
      hard working fishermen draw out the fishing net

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