Πόλυβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Bahuvrīhi compound of πολυ- (polu-, “many”) +‎ βοῦς (boûs, “ox”), literally “having many cattle”.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Πόλῠβος • (Pólŭbos) m (genitive Πολῠ́βου); second declension

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Polybus — famously held by:
    1. a son of King Priam’s counsellor, Antenor, killed in the Trojan War by Neoptolemus
    2. an Egyptian
    3. the father of the Ithacan nobleman, Eurymachus
    4. a suitor of Penelope (the wife of Odysseus)
    5. a Phaeacian

Declension

Second declension of ὁ Πόλῠβος; τοῦ Πολῠ́βου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Πόλῠβος
ho Pólŭbos
Genitive τοῦ Πολῠ́βου
toû Polŭ́bou
Dative τῷ Πολῠ́βῳ
tōî Polŭ́bōi
Accusative τὸν Πόλῠβον
tòn Pólŭbon
Vocative Πόλῠβε
Pólŭbe
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Πόλυβος (Pólyvos)
  • Latin: Polybus

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Further reading

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