polysemus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πολύσημος (polúsēmos), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + σημαίνω (sēmaínō, “I signify, mean”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /po.lyˈseː.mus/, [pɔlʲʏˈs̠eːmʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /po.liˈse.mus/, [poliˈs̬ɛːmus]
Adjective
polysēmus (feminine polysēma, neuter polysēmum); first/second-declension adjective
- Having many significations
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | polysēmus | polysēma | polysēmum | polysēmī | polysēmae | polysēma | |
| Genitive | polysēmī | polysēmae | polysēmī | polysēmōrum | polysēmārum | polysēmōrum | |
| Dative | polysēmō | polysēmō | polysēmīs | ||||
| Accusative | polysēmum | polysēmam | polysēmum | polysēmōs | polysēmās | polysēma | |
| Ablative | polysēmō | polysēmā | polysēmō | polysēmīs | |||
| Vocative | polysēme | polysēma | polysēmum | polysēmī | polysēmae | polysēma | |
Descendants
- → English: polysemous
- → French: polysème
References
- “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
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