polysemus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πολύσημος (polúsēmos), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + σημαίνω (sēmaínō, “I signify, mean”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /po.lyˈseː.mus/, [pɔlʲʏˈs̠eːmʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /po.liˈse.mus/, [poliˈs̬ɛːmus]

Adjective

polysēmus (feminine polysēma, neuter polysēmum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Having many significations

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	polysēmus	polysēma	polysēmum		polysēmī	polysēmae	polysēma
Genitive	polysēmī	polysēmae	polysēmī		polysēmōrum	polysēmārum	polysēmōrum
Dative	polysēmō		polysēmō		polysēmīs
Accusative	polysēmum	polysēmam	polysēmum		polysēmōs	polysēmās	polysēma
Ablative	polysēmō	polysēmā	polysēmō		polysēmīs
Vocative	polysēme	polysēma	polysēmum		polysēmī	polysēmae	polysēma

Descendants

• → English: polysemous
• → French: polysème

References

• “polysemus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• polysemus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• L&S