Polyphemos

== Latin == === Alternative forms === Polyphēmus === 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): [pɔ.lyˈpʰeː.mɔs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [po.liˈfɛː.mos] === Proper noun === Polyphēmos m sg (genitive Polyphēmī); second declension (Greek mythology) Polyphemus, the one-eyed Cyclops in Sicily, son of Neptune, who was blinded by Ulysses in Homer's Odyssey (Greek mythology) One of the Argonauts a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Polyphemus or Polyphemos ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only. ==== Descendants ==== → English: Polyphemos === Further reading === “Polyphemos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Polyphemos”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1197. Polyphemos in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 1764