Polybus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πόλῠβος (Pólŭbos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.ly.bus/, [ˈpɔlʲʏbʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.li.bus/, [ˈpɔːlibus]

Proper noun

Polybus m sg (genitive Polybī); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) a male given name from Ancient Greek — famously held by:
   1. a king of Corinth, at whose court Oedipus was brought up
   2. one of the suitors of Penelope (the wife of Odysseus)

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Polybus
genitive	Polybī
dative	Polybō
accusative	Polybum
ablative	Polybō
vocative	Polybe

Related terms

• Polybius

References

• “Pŏlybus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Pŏly̆bus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,196/2.
• “Polybus” on page 1,398/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)