Polyphemos

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Latin

Alternative forms

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

Proper noun

Polyphēmos 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 (Greek-type), singular only.

singular
nominative Polyphēmos
genitive Polyphēmī
dative Polyphēmō
accusative Polyphēmon
ablative Polyphēmō
vocative Polyphēme

Descendants

  • English: Polyphemos

Further reading

  • Polyphemos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Polyphemos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1197.
  • Polyphemos in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 1764