ΠΟΛΥΚΑΡΠΕ, πολυκαρπε
POLYKARPE, polykarpe
Sounds Like: po-ly-KAR-peh
Translations: Polycarp
From the root: ΠΟΛΥΚΑΡΠΟΣ
Part of Speech: Proper Noun
Explanation: This is the vocative case of the proper noun 'Polycarp'. It is used when directly addressing Polycarp, a significant early Christian bishop of Smyrna and a martyr. The name itself means 'much fruit' or 'fruitful'.
Inflection: Singular, Masculine, Vocative
Instances
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to Polycarp — 7:2
Polycarp of Smyrna
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΟΛΥΚΑΡΠΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΟΛΥΚΑΡΟΥ — of Polycarp
- ΠΟΛΥΚΑΡΠΟΝ — fruitful, very fruitful, abundant in fruit, a fruitful thing
- ΠΟΛΥΚΑΡΠΟΣ — Polycarp
- ΠΟΛΥΚΑΡΠΟΥ — of Polycarp
- ΠΟΛΥΚΑΡΠΩ — (to) Polycarp, (for) Polycarp
- ΠΟΥΚΑΡΠΩ — (to) Polycarp
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