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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s, “many”) + σῖγμᾰ (sîgmă, “sigma”).
Pronunciation
Noun
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Sosia in Solario soleas sarciebat suas.
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polysīgma n sg (genitive polysīgmatis); third declension
- overuse of the sound "s" in speaking
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem), singular only.
References
- “polysigma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- polysigma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.