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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πόλῠβος (Pólubos).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Polybus m sg (genitive Polybī); second declension
- (Greek mythology) a male given name from Ancient Greek — famously held by:
- a king of Corinth, at whose court Oedipus was brought up
- one of the suitors of Penelope (the wife of Odysseus)
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
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