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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πολύς (polús, “many”) + -άκις (-ákis, “times”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pol.lá.kis/ → /polˈla.cis/ → /poˈla.cis/
Adverb
πολλάκῐς • (pollákis)
- often, many times
Further reading
- “πολλάκις”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πολλάκις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πολλάκις in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “πολλάκις”, 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.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πολλάκις (pollákis). By surface analysis, πολύς (polýs, “a lot”) + -άκις (-ákis, “times”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
πολλάκις • (pollákis)
- often, many times
Synonyms