polysemus

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πολύσημος (polúsēmos), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + σημαίνω (sēmaínō, “I signify, mean”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

polysēmus (feminine polysēma, neuter polysēmum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Having many significations

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative polysēmus polysēma polysēmum polysēmī polysēmae polysēma
Genitive polysēmī polysēmae polysēmī polysēmōrum polysēmārum polysēmōrum
Dative polysēmō polysēmō polysēmīs
Accusative polysēmum polysēmam polysēmum polysēmōs polysēmās polysēma
Ablative polysēmō polysēmā polysēmō polysēmīs
Vocative polysēme polysēma polysēmum polysēmī polysēmae polysēma

Descendants

  • → English: polysemous
  • → French: polysème

References

  • “polysemus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • polysemus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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