πλειστάκις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

πλεῖστ(ος) (“most”) +‎ -άκις (“times”)

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pleːs.tá.kis/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /plisˈta.kis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /plisˈta.kis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /plisˈta.cis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /plisˈta.cis/

Adverb

πλειστᾰ́κις • (pleistákis)

mostly, very often

Further reading

πλειστάκις in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
πλειστάκις in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλειστάκις.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pliˈsta.cis/
Hyphenation: πλει‧στά‧κις

Adverb

πλειστάκις • (pleistákis)

(formal) often, many times

Synonyms

συχνότατα (sychnótata, “very often”)
πολλάκις (pollákis, “many times”) (formal)

Related terms

see: πλείστος (pleístos, “much”)

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