Polycletus
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Polyclētus, from Ancient Greek Πολῠ́κλειτος (Polúkleitos).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Polycletus
- Alternative form of Polyclitus, a male given name from Latin Polyclētus
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Polycletan”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC, page 4601, column 1.
- “Polycletus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πολῠ́κλειτος (Polúkleitos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /po.lyˈkleː.tus/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /po.liˈkle.tus/,
Proper noun
Polyclētus m sg (genitive Polyclētī); second declension
- Alternative form of Polyclītus, a male given name from Ancient Greek Πολύκλειτος (Polúkleitos, “far-famed, greatly renowned”), equivalent to English Polycletus or Polyclitus
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Polyclētus |
| genitive | Polyclētī |
| dative | Polyclētō |
| accusative | Polyclētum |
| ablative | Polyclētō |
| vocative | Polyclēte |