Πολύφημος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Πολῠ́φημος • (Polŭ́phēmos) m (genitive Πολῠφήμου); second declension

  1. a male given name, Polyphemus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Πολῠ́φημος; τοῦ Πολῠφήμου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Πολῠ́φημος
ho Polŭ́phēmos
Genitive τοῦ Πολῠφήμου
toû Polŭphḗmou
Dative τῷ Πολῠφήμῳ
tōî Polŭphḗmōi
Accusative τὸν Πολῠ́φημον
tòn Polŭ́phēmon
Vocative Πολῠ́φημε
Polŭ́phēme
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Πολύφημος (Polýfimos)
  • Latin: Polyphēmus, Polyphēmos (Greek-type)

Further reading

  • “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
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