Polyphemus
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Polyphemus pediculus 
Polyphemus being blinded by Odysseus.
See also: polyphemus
Translingual
Etymology
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Proper noun
Polyphemus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Polyphemidae – certain moths.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Branchiopoda - class; Diplostraca - superorder; Onychopoda - order; Polyphemidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Polyphemus exiguus, Polyphemus pediculus - species
References
Polyphemus (crustacean) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Polyphemus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Polyphemidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Polyphemus available from http://www.irmng.org at VLIZ.03 Rees, T. (compiler) (2017). The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
- Polyphemus at World Register of Marine Species
English
Etymology
From Latin Polyphēmus, 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
Polyphemus
Translations
cyclops in Greek mythology
Latin
Alternative forms
- Polyphēmos (Greek-type)
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
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /po.lyˈpʰeː.mus/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /po.liˈfe.mus/,
Proper noun
Polyphēmus m sg (genitive Polyphēmī); second declension
- (Greek mythology) Polyphemus, the one-eyed Cyclops in Sicily, son of Neptune, who was blinded by Ulysses in Homer's Odyssey
- (Greek mythology) One of the Argonauts
- a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Polyphemus or Polyphemos
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Polyphēmus |
| genitive | Polyphēmī |
| dative | Polyphēmō |
| accusative | Polyphēmum |
| ablative | Polyphēmō |
| vocative | Polyphēme |
Descendants
- → English: Polyphemus
- → French: Polyphème
- → Italian: Polifemo
- → Sicilian: Pulifimu
Further reading
- “Polyphemus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Polyphemus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1197.
- Polyphemus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 1764