Polyphemus
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See also: polyphemus
Translingual[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Polyphemus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Saturniidae.
English[edit]

Etymology[edit]
From Latin Polyphēmus, from Ancient Greek Πολύφημος (Polúphēmos), from πολύ (polú) + φήμη (phḗmē) + -ος (-os), literally “many-voiced”, “much spoken of”, or “abounding in songs and legends”.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Polyphemus
Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- Polyphēmos (Greek-type)
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek Πολύφημος (Polúphēmos), from πολύ (polú) + φήμη (phḗmē) + -ος (-os), literally “many-voiced”, “much spoken of”, or “abounding in songs and legends”.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /po.lyˈpʰeː.mus/, [pɔlʲʏˈpʰeːmʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /po.liˈfe.mus/, [poliˈfɛːmus]
Proper noun[edit]
Polyphēmus m sg (genitive Polyphēmī); second declension
- (Greek mythology) Polyphemus, the one-eyed Cyclops in Sicily, son of Neptune, who was blinded by Ulysses in Homer's Odyssey
- (Greek mythology) One of the Argonauts
- a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Polyphemus or Polyphemos
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Polyphēmus |
Genitive | Polyphēmī |
Dative | Polyphēmō |
Accusative | Polyphēmum |
Ablative | Polyphēmō |
Vocative | Polyphēme |
Descendants[edit]
- → English: Polyphemus
- → French: Polyphème
- → Italian: Polifemo
- → Sicilian: Pulifemu
Further reading[edit]
- “Polyphemus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Polyphemus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1197
- Polyphemus in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, volume 2, 8th edition, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 1764
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