Polyphemus

See also: polyphemus

Translingual

Polyphemus pediculus

Etymology

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Proper noun

Polyphemus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Polyphemidae – certain moths.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Branchiopoda - class; Diplostraca - superorder; Onychopoda - order; Polyphemidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Polyphemus exiguus, Polyphemus pediculus - species

References

• Polyphemus (crustacean) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Polyphemus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Polyphemidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Polyphemus available from http://www.irmng.org at VLIZ.03 Rees, T. (compiler) (2017). The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
• Polyphemus at World Register of Marine Species

English

Polyphemus being blinded by Odysseus.

Etymology

From Latin Polyphēmus, 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

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɒlɪˈfiːməs/

Proper noun

Polyphemus

1. (Greek mythology) A cyclops in Homer's Odyssey.

Translations

cyclops in Greek mythology

• Finnish: Polyfemos
• French: Polyphème (fr) m
• Greek: Πολύφημος (el) m (Polýfimos)

  Ancient Greek: Πολύφημος m (Polúphēmos)

• Italian: Polifemo m
• Latin: Polyphēmus m
• Russian: Полифе́м (ru) m (Polifém)

Latin

Alternative forms

• Polyphēmos (Greek-type)

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): /po.lyˈpʰeː.mus/, [pɔlʲʏˈpʰeːmʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /po.liˈfe.mus/, [poliˈfɛːmus]

Proper noun

Polyphēmus m sg (genitive Polyphēmī); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) Polyphemus, the one-eyed Cyclops in Sicily, son of Neptune, who was blinded by Ulysses in Homer's Odyssey
2. (Greek mythology) One of the Argonauts
3. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Polyphemus or Polyphemos

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Polyphēmus
Genitive	Polyphēmī
Dative	Polyphēmō
Accusative	Polyphēmum
Ablative	Polyphēmō
Vocative	Polyphēme

Descendants

• → English: Polyphemus
• → French: Polyphème
• → Italian: Polifemo
• → Sicilian: Pulifimu

Further reading

• “Polyphemus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Polyphemus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1197.
• Polyphemus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 1764