Polyclitus

English

Alternative forms

• Polycletus, Polycleitus, Polykleitus, Polykleitos

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: pŏl′ĭ-klī′təs, IPA^(key): /ˌpɑl.ɪˈklaɪ.təs/
• (Latinate) IPA^(key): /ˌpɑ.lɪˈkli(ː).təs/

Proper noun

Polyclitus

1. A male given name from Latin Polyclītus [in turn from Ancient Greek Πολύκλειτος (Polúkleitos, “far-famed, greatly renowned”)]
   1. 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
   2. A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Polyclitus the Younger, 4th century BCE Ancient Greek architect

Derived terms

• Polycletan, Polyclitan
• Polycletean, Polyclitean

Translations

given name

• Arabic: بُولِيكِلَيْتُوس m (būlīkilaytūs)
• Basque: Polikletos
• Belarusian: Палікле́т m (Palikljét)
• Catalan: Policlet m
• Czech: Polykleitos m
• Dutch: Polykleitos m
• Esperanto: Polikleto
• Extremaduran: Policleto m
• Finnish: Polykleitos
• French: Polyclète (fr) m
• Georgian: პოლიკლიტე (ṗoliḳliṭe)
• German: Polyklet m
• Greek: Πολύκλειτος (el) m (Polýkleitos)

  Ancient Greek: Πολύκλειτος m (Polúkleitos)

• Hebrew: פוליקליטוס m
• Icelandic: Polýkleitos
• Italian: Policleto m
• Latin: Polyclītus m
• Piedmontese: Policlet m
• Polish: Poliklet m
• Portuguese: Policleto m, Policlito m
• Russian: Поликле́т (ru) m (Poliklét)
• Spanish: Policleto m
• Swedish: Polykleitos
• Turkish: Polikleitos
• Ukrainian: Полікле́т m (Poliklét)

Further reading

• “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

Alternative forms

• Polyclētus, Poluclētus, Poluclītus

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πολῠ́κλειτος (Polúkleitos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /po.lyˈkliː.tus/, [pɔlʲʏˈklʲiːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /po.liˈkli.tus/, [poliˈkliːt̪us]

Proper noun

Polyclītus m sg (genitive Polyclītī); second declension

1. Polyclitus
   1. 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
   2. A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Polyclitus the Younger, 4th century BCE Ancient Greek architect

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Polyclītus
Genitive	Polyclītī
Dative	Polyclītō
Accusative	Polyclītum
Ablative	Polyclītō
Vocative	Polyclīte

Derived terms

• Polyclētēus
• Polyclētīus

 

Descendants

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

• “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