Polycletus

English

Alternative forms

• Polyclitus, Polycleitus, Polykleitus, Polykleitos

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Polyclētus, from Ancient Greek Πολῠ́κλειτος (Polúkleitos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɑ.lɪˈkli(ː).təs/

Proper noun

Polycletus

1. Alternative form of Polyclitus, a male given name from Latin Polyclētus [in turn from Ancient Greek Πολύκλειτος (Polúkleitos, “far-famed, greatly renowned”)]

Derived terms

• Polycletan, Polyclitan
• Polycletean, Polyclitean

Further reading

• “Polycletan”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC, page 4601, column 1.
• “Polycletus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Latin

Alternative forms

• Polyclītus, Poluclētus, Poluclītus

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πολῠ́κλειτος (Polúkleitos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /po.lyˈkleː.tus/, [pɔlʲʏˈkɫ̪eːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /po.liˈkle.tus/, [poliˈklɛːt̪us]

Proper noun

Polyclētus m sg (genitive Polyclētī); second declension

1. Alternative form of Polyclītus, a male given name from Ancient Greek Πολύκλειτος (Polúkleitos, “far-famed, greatly renowned”), equivalent to English Polycletus or Polyclitus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Polyclētus
Genitive	Polyclētī
Dative	Polyclētō
Accusative	Polyclētum
Ablative	Polyclētō
Vocative	Polyclēte

Derived terms

• Polyclētēus
• Polyclētīus