Polycletus
English
Alternative forms
- Polyclitus, Polycleitus, Polykleitus, Polykleitos
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Polyclētus, from Ancient Greek Πολῠ́κλειτος (Polŭ́kleitos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌpɑ.lɪˈkli(ː).təs/
Proper noun
Polycletus
- Alternative form of Polyclitus, A male given name from Latin Polyclētus [in turn from Ancient Greek Πολύκλειτος (Polúkleitos, “far-famed, greatly renowned”)].
Derived terms
- Polycletan, Polyclitan
- Polycletean, Polyclitean
Further reading
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Polycletan”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 4601, column 1.
- “Polycletus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Latin
Alternative forms
- Polyclītus, Poluclētus, Poluclītus
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πολῠ́κλειτος (Polŭ́kleitos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɔ.lyˈkɫeː.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [po.liˈklɛː.t̪us]
Proper noun
Polyclētus m sg (genitive Polyclētī); second declension
- alternative form of Polyclītus, a male given name from Ancient Greek Πολύκλειτος (Polúkleitos, “far-famed, greatly renowned”), equivalent to English Polycletus or Polyclitus
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Polyclētus |
| genitive | Polyclētī |
| dative | Polyclētō |
| accusative | Polyclētum |
| ablative | Polyclētō |
| vocative | Polyclēte |
Derived terms
- Polyclētēus
- Polyclētīus