polyspaston
English
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πολύσπαστον (polúspaston, “compound pulley”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /po.lysˈpas.ton/, [pɔ.lʏsˈpas.tɔn]
Noun
polyspaston n (genitive polyspastī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension, Greek type.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | polyspaston | polyspasta |
Genitive | polyspastī | polyspastōrum |
Dative | polyspastō | polyspastīs |
Accusative | polyspaston | polyspasta |
Ablative | polyspastō | polyspastīs |
Vocative | polyspaston | polyspasta |
Related terms
- pentaspaston
Descendants
- English: polyspast
- French: polyspaste
- Spanish: polispasto
References
- polyspaston in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- polyspaston in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Liddell & Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon
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