πουλυβότειρα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πουλῠ- (poulŭ-, Epic variant of πολῠ- (polŭ-)) + βοτήρ (botḗr) + -ιᾱ (-iā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /puː.ly.bó.teː.raː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pu.lyˈbo.ti.ra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pu.lyˈβo.ti.ra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pu.lyˈvo.ti.ra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pu.liˈvo.ti.ra/
Adjective
πουλῠβότειρᾱ • (poulŭbóteirā) (attested in feminine singular only)
- (Epic) much-nourishing, all-nourishing (epithet of the Earth)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | πουλῠβότειρᾱ poulŭbóteirā | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | πουλῠβοτείρης poulŭboteírēs | ||||||||||||
| Dative | πουλῠβοτείρῃ poulŭboteírēi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | πουλῠβότειρᾱν poulŭbóteirān | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | πουλῠβότειρᾱ poulŭbóteirā | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “πουλυβότειρα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- πολυβοτειρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- πουλυβότειρα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “πουλυβότειρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press