Πολύκλειτος

From πολύκλειτος (polúkleitos, “far-famed, much-renowned”), from πολύ (polú, “very”) +‎ κλειτός (kleitós, “famed”).

Πολῠ́κλειτος • (Polŭ́kleitos) m (genitive Πολυκλείτου); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Polyclitus
   1. a male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Polyclitus the Elder, 5th century BCE Ancient Greek sculptor and artist from Argos or Sicyon
   2. a male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Polyclitus the Younger, 4th century BCE Ancient Greek architect

• Greek: Πολύκλειτος (Polýkleitos)
• Latin: Polyclītus, Polyclētus, Poluclētus, Poluclītus
  • → Catalan: Policlet (learned)
  • → Extremaduran: Policleto (learned)
  • → English: Polyclitus, Polycletus (learned)
  • → French: Polyclète (learned)
  • → Italian: Policleto (learned)
  • → Piedmontese: Policlet (learned)
  • → Portuguese: Policleto, Policlito (learned)
  • → Spanish: Policleto (learned)

• “πολύκλειτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “πολύκλειτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πολύκλειτος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Πολύκλειτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Πολύκλειτος (Polúkleitos).

• IPA^(key): /poˈli.kli.tos/
• Hyphenation: Πο‧λύ‧κλει‧τος

Πολύκλειτος • (Polýkleitos) m

1. Polyclitus
   1. a male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Polyclitus the Elder, 5th century BCE Ancient Greek sculptor and artist from Argos or Sicyon
   2. a male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Polyclitus the Younger, 4th century BCE Ancient Greek architect