Polyclitus
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin Polyclītus, from Ancient Greek Πολῠ́κλειτος (Polúkleitos).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Polyclitus
- A male given name from Latin Polyclītus [in turn from Ancient Greek Πολύκλειτος (Polúkleitos, “far-famed, greatly renowned”)]
- A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Polyclitus the Elder, 5th century BCE Ancient Greek sculptor and artist from Argos or Sicyon
- A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Polyclitus the Younger, 4th century BCE Ancient Greek architect
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
given name
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Further reading edit
- “Polycletan”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC, page 4601, column 1.
- “Polyclitus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “Polyclitus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “Polyclitus”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πολῠ́κλειτος (Polúkleitos).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /po.lyˈkliː.tus/, [pɔlʲʏˈklʲiːt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /po.liˈkli.tus/, [poliˈkliːt̪us]
Proper noun edit
Polyclītus m sg (genitive Polyclītī); second declension
- Polyclitus
- A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Polyclitus the Elder, 5th century BCE Ancient Greek sculptor and artist from Argos or Sicyon
- A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Polyclitus the Younger, 4th century BCE Ancient Greek architect
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Polyclītus |
Genitive | Polyclītī |
Dative | Polyclītō |
Accusative | Polyclītum |
Ablative | Polyclītō |
Vocative | Polyclīte |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Descendants
- → Catalan: Policlet (learned)
- → Extremaduran: Policleto (learned)
- → English: Polyclitus, Polycletus (learned)
- → French: Polyclète (learned)
- → Italian: Policleto (learned)
- → Piedmontese: Policlet (learned)
- → Portuguese: Policleto, Policlito (learned)
- → Spanish: Policleto (learned)
Further reading edit
- “Polyclitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Polyclitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1196/2.
- Polyclitus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 1762