Polyphemus

See also: polyphemus

Translingual

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Polyphemus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Saturniidae.

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English

Polyphemus being blinded by Odysseus.

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɒlɨˈfiːməs/

Proper noun

Polyphemus

1. (Greek mythology) A cyclops in Homer's Odyssey.

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Latin

Alternative forms

• Polyphēmos (Greek-type)

Etymology

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /po.lyˈpʰeː.mus/, [pɔlʲʏˈpʰeːmʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /po.liˈfe.mus/, [poliˈfɛːmus]

Proper noun

Polyphēmus m sg (genitive Polyphēmī); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Polyphemus, the one-eyed Cyclops in Sicily, son of Neptune, who was blinded by Ulysses in Homer's Odyssey
2. (Greek mythology) One of the Argonauts
3. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Polyphemus or Polyphemos

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Polyphēmus
Genitive	Polyphēmī
Dative	Polyphēmō
Accusative	Polyphēmum
Ablative	Polyphēmō
Vocative	Polyphēme

Descendants

• → English: Polyphemus
• → French: Polyphème
• → Italian: Polifemo
• → Sicilian: Pulifemu

Further reading

• “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