πολυπήμων
καὶ ἤδη γε ἄπειμι παρὰ τὸν ἑταῖρον Κλεινίαν, ὅτι πυνθάνομαι χρόνου ἤδη ἀκάθαρτον εἶναι αὐτῷ τὴν γυναῖκα καὶ ταύτην νοσεῖν, ὅτι μὴ ῥεῖ. ὥστε οὐκέτι οὐδ' ἀναβαίνει αὐτήν, ἀλλ' ἄβατος καὶ ἀνήροτός ἐστιν → and now I depart for my companion, Cleinias since I have learned that for some time now his wife is unclean and she is ill because she does not flow, therefore he no longer sleeps with her but she is unavailable and untilled
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.
