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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Πολύαινος (Polúainos).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Polyaenus m sg (genitive Polyaenī); second declension
- A rhetorician of Macedonia
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
References
- “Polyaenus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- Polyaenus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.