πολυχρόνιος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

πολῠ́χρονος (polúkhronos)

Etymology

πολυ- (polu-, “many”) +‎ χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) +‎ -ιος (-ios)

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.ly.kʰró.ni.os/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /po.lyˈkʰro.ni.os/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /po.lyˈxro.ni.os/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /po.lyˈxro.ni.os/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /po.liˈxro.ni.os/

Adjective

πολῠχρόνῐος • (polukhrónios) m, f (neuter πολῠχρόνῐον); second declension

of olden time, ancient
- 7th-6th centuries BC, Homeric Hymn to Hermes 125
1. long-standing
long-lasting
- 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Aphorisms 4.23
  - Hippocrates, Aphorisms 7.6
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 1.v55.1
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Long. 464b25
- 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, Politics 1299a7
- 341 BCE – 270 BCE, Epicurus, Sent. 28
1. long protracted
  - 310 BCE – 240 BCE, Callimachus, Lav.Pall. 128
  - 1 CE – 100 CE, Onasander, Strategikos 38.6
  - Palatine Anthology 5.254.14
  - 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, On Fractures 10
  - 360 BCE, Plato, Timaeus 75b
  - 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Memorabilia 1.16.
  - 460 BCE – 370 BCE, Hippocrates, Ep. 17
2. long-lived
  - 384 BCE – 322 BCE, Aristotle, History of Animals 5.16
    - Aristotle, History of Animals 9.7
  - 428 BCE – 347 BCE, Plato, Phaedo 87c
  - 371 BCE – 287 BCE, Theophrastus, On the Causes of Plants 5.18.4
  - 310 BCE – 240 BCE, Callimachus, Del. 282
  - 458 CE – 538 CE, Damascius, Difficulties and Solutions of First Principles 23

Declension

Second declension of πολῠχρόνῐος; πολῠχρόνῐον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	πολῠχρόνῐος polukhrónios	πολῠχρόνῐον polukhrónion	πολῠχρονῐ́ω polukhroníō	πολῠχρονῐ́ω polukhroníō	πολῠχρόνῐοι polukhrónioi	πολῠχρόνῐᾰ polukhrónia
Genitive	πολῠχρονῐ́ου polukhroníou	πολῠχρονῐ́ου polukhroníou	πολῠχρονῐ́οιν polukhroníoin	πολῠχρονῐ́οιν polukhroníoin	πολῠχρονῐ́ων polukhroníōn	πολῠχρονῐ́ων polukhroníōn
Dative	πολῠχρονῐ́ῳ polukhroníōi	πολῠχρονῐ́ῳ polukhroníōi	πολῠχρονῐ́οιν polukhroníoin	πολῠχρονῐ́οιν polukhroníoin	πολῠχρονῐ́οις polukhroníois	πολῠχρονῐ́οις polukhroníois
Accusative	πολῠχρόνῐον polukhrónion	πολῠχρόνῐον polukhrónion	πολῠχρονῐ́ω polukhroníō	πολῠχρονῐ́ω polukhroníō	πολῠχρονῐ́ους polukhroníous	πολῠχρόνῐᾰ polukhrónia
Vocative	πολῠχρόνῐε polukhrónie	πολῠχρόνῐον polukhrónion	πολῠχρονῐ́ω polukhroníō	πολῠχρονῐ́ω polukhroníō	πολῠχρόνῐοι polukhrónioi	πολῠχρόνῐᾰ polukhrónia
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	πολῠχρονῐ́ως polukhroníōs		πολῠχρονῐώτερος polukhroniṓteros		πολῠχρονῐώτᾰτος polukhroniṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

αἰώνῐος (aiṓnios)

Descendants

Latin: polychronius
- English: polychronious