πολυπράγμων
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πολυ- (polu-) + the root of πρᾱ́σσω (prā́ssō) + -μων (-mōn).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /po.ly.prǎːŋ.mɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /po.lyˈpraɡ.mon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /po.lyˈpraɣ.mon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /po.lyˈpraɣ.mon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /po.liˈpraɣ.mon/
Adjective
πολυπρᾱ́γμων • (poluprā́gmōn) m or f (neuter πολυπρᾶγμον); third declension
- busy after many things, overbusy
- meddlesome, officious
- (nominalized, masculine) busybody
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
| Nominative | πολῠπρᾱ́γμων polŭprā́gmōn |
πολῠπρᾶγμον polŭprâgmon |
πολῠπρᾱ́γμονε polŭprā́gmone |
πολῠπρᾱ́γμονε polŭprā́gmone |
πολῠπρᾱ́γμονες polŭprā́gmones |
πολῠπρᾱ́γμονᾰ polŭprā́gmonă | ||||||||
| Genitive | πολῠπρᾱ́γμονος polŭprā́gmonos |
πολῠπρᾱ́γμονος polŭprā́gmonos |
πολῠπρᾱγμόνοιν polŭprāgmónoin |
πολῠπρᾱγμόνοιν polŭprāgmónoin |
πολῠπρᾱγμόνων polŭprāgmónōn |
πολῠπρᾱγμόνων polŭprāgmónōn | ||||||||
| Dative | πολῠπρᾱ́γμονῐ polŭprā́gmonĭ |
πολῠπρᾱ́γμονῐ polŭprā́gmonĭ |
πολῠπρᾱγμόνοιν polŭprāgmónoin |
πολῠπρᾱγμόνοιν polŭprāgmónoin |
πολῠπρᾱ́γμοσῐ πολῠπρᾱ́γμοσῐν polŭprā́gmosĭ(n) |
πολῠπρᾱ́γμοσῐ πολῠπρᾱ́γμοσῐν polŭprā́gmosĭ(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | πολῠπρᾱ́γμονᾰ polŭprā́gmonă |
πολῠπρᾶγμον polŭprâgmon |
πολῠπρᾱ́γμονε polŭprā́gmone |
πολῠπρᾱ́γμονε polŭprā́gmone |
πολῠπρᾱ́γμονᾰς polŭprā́gmonăs |
πολῠπρᾱ́γμονᾰ polŭprā́gmonă | ||||||||
| Vocative | πολῠπρᾶγμον polŭprâgmon |
πολῠπρᾶγμον polŭprâgmon |
πολῠπρᾱ́γμονε polŭprā́gmone |
πολῠπρᾱ́γμονε polŭprā́gmone |
πολῠπρᾱ́γμονες polŭprā́gmones |
πολῠπρᾱ́γμονᾰ polŭprā́gmonă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| πολῠπρᾱγμόνως polŭprāgmónōs |
πολῠπρᾱγμονέστερος polŭprāgmonésteros |
πολῠπρᾱγμονέστᾰτος polŭprāgmonéstătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- πολυπρᾱγμονέω (poluprāgmonéō)
- πολυπρᾱγμοσύνη (poluprāgmosúnē)
Descendants
- → English: polypragmon
Further reading
- πολυπράγμων, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “πολυπράγμων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πολυπράγμων in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πολυπράγμων in Pape, Wilhelm (1914), Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- assuming idem, page 47.
- bustling idem, page 106.
- busy idem, page 106.
- busybody idem, page 106.
- curious idem, page 190.
- fussy idem, page 351.
- impertinent idem, page 421.
- inquisitive idem, page 443.
- interfering idem, page 451.
- intrusive idem, page 455.
- meddlesome idem, page 521.
- officious idem, page 571.
- prying idem, page 655.
- restless idem, page 705.