polysemus

== Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek πολύσημος (polúsēmos), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + σημαίνω (sēmaínō, “to signify, mean”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɔ.lyˈseː.mʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [po.liˈs̬ɛː.mus] === Adjective === polysēmus (feminine polysēma, neuter polysēmum); first/second-declension adjective Having many significations ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== 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