Polyphemos
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
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɔ.lyˈpʰeː.mɔs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [po.liˈfɛː.mos]
Proper noun
Polyphēmos 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 (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