polyhistor

See also: Polyhistor

English

Etymology

From Latin polyhistor (“very learned”), from Hellenistic Ancient Greek πολυΐστωρ (poluḯstōr, “greatly learned”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɒliˈhɪstɔː(ɹ)/

Noun

polyhistor (plural polyhistors)

1. Someone gifted or learned to a great extent or in multiple disciplines; a great scholar. [from 16th c.]
   • 1988, Milorad Pavić, translated by Christina Pribićević-Zorić, Dictionary of the Khazars, Vintage, published 1989, page 24:

     A hired diplomat in Edirne and to the Porte in Constantinople, a military commander in the Austro-Turkish wars, a polyhistor and a learned man.

   • 1997, Eckhart Gillen, quoting Henry Schumann, German Art from Beckmann to Richter, →ISBN, page 289:

     [Carlfriedrich] Claus is an artist, though he does not like to call himself one, and a scholar. As such, he personifies the polyhistor, a species rarely found today.

Synonyms

• (gifted in multiple disciplines): polymath, Renaissance man

Translations

someone gifted or learned in multiple disciplines

• Hungarian: polihisztor (hu)
• Polish: polihistor (pl) m
• Romanian: polihistor m
• Serbo-Croatian: polihistor (sh) m
• Spanish: polímata (es)

Further reading

• “polyhistor”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “polymath, polyhistor”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpolɪɦɪstor]

Noun

polyhistor m anim

1. polymath, polyhistor

Declension

Declension of polyhistor (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	polyhistor	polyhistoři
genitive	polyhistora	polyhistorů
dative	polyhistorovi, polyhistoru	polyhistorům
accusative	polyhistora	polyhistory
vocative	polyhistore	polyhistoři
locative	polyhistorovi, polyhistoru	polyhistorech
instrumental	polyhistorem	polyhistory

See also

• všeuměl

Further reading

• “polyhistor”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “polyhistor”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “polyhistor”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Danish

Etymology

From Latin polyhistor, from Ancient Greek πολυΐστωρ (poluḯstōr).

Noun

polyhistor c (singular definite polyhistoren, plural indefinite polyhistorer)

1. polyhistor, polymath

Declension

Declension of polyhistor

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	polyhistor	polyhistoren	polyhistorer	polyhistorerne
genitive	polyhistors	polyhistorens	polyhistorers	polyhistorernes

References

• “polyhistor” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “polyhistor” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog