πολυπήμων
πάντων χρηµάτων µέτρον ἐστίν ἄνθρωπος, τῶν µέν ὄντων ὡς ἐστιν, τῶν δέ οὐκ ὄντων ὡς οὐκ ἔστιν → man is the measure of all things, of things which are, that they are, and of things which are not, that they are not (Protagoras fr.1)
English (LSJ)
ον, gen. ονος,
A causing manifold woe, baneful, h.Cer.230, h.Merc.37; π. νόσοι diseases manifold, Pi.P.3.46; λώβη, ἄτη, A.R.4.1044, Opp.C.2.287: hence pr. n. Πολυπημονίδης, ου, ὁ, son of Polypemon, with a play on πολυπήμων, Od.24.305. II Pass., much-suffering, Man.1.85,4.49.
German (Pape)
[Seite 668] ον, sehr schädlich; H. h. Cer. 230 Merc. 37; νόσοι, Pind. P. 3, 46; sp. D., wie Man. 1, 85.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
πολῠπήμων: -ον, ὁ πολλὴν βλάβην προξενῶν, ὀλέθριος, Ὕμν. Ὁμ. εἰς Δήμ. 230, εἰς Ἑρμ. 37 π. νόσοι, πολυειδεῖς νόσοι, Πινδ. Π. 3. 81. ― Πολυπημονίδης, ου, ὁ, υἱὸς τοῦ Πολυπήμονος μετ’ ἀναφορᾶς εἰς τὸ ἐπίθετον πολυπήμων, Ὀδ. Ω. 305. ΙΙ. παθητ., ὁ πολλὰ πάσχων, Μανέθων 1. 85., 4. 49.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ων, ον ; gén. ονος;
1 qui cause de grands maux;
2 qui souffre beaucoup.
Étymologie: πολύς, πῆμα.
English (Slater)
πολῠπήμων
1 painful πολυπήμονας νόσους (P. 3.46)
