polysemus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek πολύσημος (polúsēmos), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + σημαίνω (sēmaínō, “I signify, mean”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /po.lyˈseː.mus/, [pɔlʲʏˈs̠eːmʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /po.liˈse.mus/, [poliˈs̬ɛːmus]
Adjective
[edit]polysēmus (feminine polysēma, neuter polysēmum); first/second-declension adjective
- Having many significations
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | polysēmus | polysēma | polysēmum | polysēmī | polysēmae | polysēma | |
| genitive | polysēmī | polysēmae | polysēmī | polysēmōrum | polysēmārum | polysēmōrum | |
| dative | polysēmō | polysēmae | polysēmō | polysēmīs | |||
| accusative | polysēmum | polysēmam | polysēmum | polysēmōs | polysēmās | polysēma | |
| ablative | polysēmō | polysēmā | polysēmō | polysēmīs | |||
| vocative | polysēme | polysēma | polysēmum | polysēmī | polysēmae | polysēma | |
Descendants
[edit]- → English: polysemous
- → French: polysème
References
[edit]- “polysemus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- polysemus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- L&S