Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πολύφημος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: πολύφημος

Structure: πολυφημ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fh/mh

Sense

  1. abounding in songs and legends
  2. many-voiced, wordy, the many-voiced, the agora (the "parliament")

Examples

  • Εοἴκασ, ὦ Γαλάτεια, οὐκ ἐραστὴν ἀλλ̓ ἐρώμενον ἔχειν τὸν Πολύφημον, οἱᾶ ἐπαινεῖσ αὐτόν. (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, doris and galataea, chapter 16)
  • ἐννόησον δ’ ὅτι τὰσ ἐνίων ἀβελτερίασ καὶ βλακείασ ἐλέγχουσιν ἑτέρων πανουργίαι καὶ δριμύτητεσ, ὅταν ἀλώπεκι καὶ λύκῳ καὶ μελίττῃ παραβάλῃσ ὄνον καὶ πρόβατον ὥσπερ εἰ σαυτῷ τὸν Πολύφημον ἢ τῷ πάππῳ σου τῷ Αὐτολύκῳ τὸν Κορίνθιον ἐκεῖνον Ὅμηρον. (Plutarch, Bruta animalia ratione uti, chapter, section 10 3:2)
  • ἐνταῦθα δὲ Ἡρακλέα καὶ Πολύφημον κατέλιπον. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 9 19:1)
  • αὔτωσ δ’ αὖ Πολύφημον ἐπὶ προχοῇσι Κίοιο πέπρωται Μυσοῖσι περικλεὲσ ἄστυ καμόντα μοῖραν ἀναπλήσειν Χαλύβων ἐν ἀπείρονι γαίῃ. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 1 23:4)
  • τὸν μὲν ἄρ’ αἶσα θεῶν κείνην ὁδὸν ἠνορέη τε ὦρσεν, ἵν’ Ἡρακλῆοσ ἀπηλεγέωσ πεπύθοιτο, Εἰλατίδην Πολύφημον ὅπῃ λίπε· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 4 23:34)

Synonyms

  1. many-voiced

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION