Πολύφημος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From πολῠ- (polu-) +‎ φήμη (phḗmē) +‎ -ος (-os), literally many-voiced”, “much spoken of”, or “abounding in songs and legends.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Πολῠ́φημος (Polúphēmosm (genitive Πολῠφήμου); second declension

  1. a male given name: Polyphemus

Inflection

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Πολύφημος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,023