polysigma

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polús, “many”) + σῖγμᾰ (sîgma, “sigma”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /po.lyˈsiːɡ.ma/, [pɔlʲʏˈs̠iːɡmä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /po.liˈsiɡ.ma/, [poliˈs̬iɡmä]

Noun

Examples
Sosia in Solario soleas sarciebat suas.

polysīgma n sg (genitive polysīgmatis); third declension

1. overuse of the sound "s" in speaking

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem), singular only.

	singular
nominative	polysīgma
genitive	polysīgmatis
dative	polysīgmatī
accusative	polysīgma
ablative	polysīgmate
vocative	polysīgma

References

• “polysigma”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• polysigma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.