Polycletus
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin Polyclētus, from Ancient Greek Πολῠ́κλειτος (Polúkleitos).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Polycletus
- Alternative form of Polyclitus, a male given name from Latin Polyclētus [in turn from Ancient Greek Πολύκλειτος (Polúkleitos, “far-famed, greatly renowned”)]
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “Polycletan”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC, page 4601, column 1.
- “Polycletus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πολῠ́κλειτος (Polúkleitos).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /po.lyˈkleː.tus/, [pɔlʲʏˈkɫ̪eːt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /po.liˈkle.tus/, [poliˈklɛːt̪us]
Proper noun[edit]
Polyclētus m sg (genitive Polyclētī); second declension
- Alternative form of Polyclītus, a male given name from Ancient Greek Πολύκλειτος (Polúkleitos, “far-famed, greatly renowned”), equivalent to English Polycletus or Polyclitus
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Polyclētus |
| Genitive | Polyclētī |
| Dative | Polyclētō |
| Accusative | Polyclētum |
| Ablative | Polyclētō |
| Vocative | Polyclēte |
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