"πολύσημος" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [Ancient Greek]

IPA: /po.lý.sɛː.mos/, /poˈly.si.mos/, /poˈli.si.mos/, /po.lý.sɛː.mos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /poˈly.se̝.mos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /poˈly.si.mos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /poˈly.si.mos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /poˈli.si.mos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From πολύς (polús, “many”) + σημαίνω (sēmaínō, “to signify, mean”) + -ος (-os). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|πολύς|σημαίνω|-ος|t1=many|t2=to signify, mean}} πολύς (polús, “many”) + σημαίνω (sēmaínō, “to signify, mean”) + -ος (-os) Inflection templates: {{grc-adecl|πολῠ́σημος|ον}} Forms: πολῠ́σημος [canonical], polúsēmos [romanization], πολῠ́σημον [neuter], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], πολῠ́σημος [feminine, masculine, nominative, singular], πολῠ́σημον [neuter, nominative, singular], πολῠσήμω [dual, feminine, masculine, nominative], πολῠσήμω [dual, neuter, nominative], πολῠ́σημοι [feminine, masculine, nominative, plural], πολῠ́σημᾰ [neuter, nominative, plural], πολῠσήμου [feminine, genitive, masculine, singular], πολῠσήμου [genitive, neuter, singular], πολῠσήμοιν [dual, feminine, genitive, masculine], πολῠσήμοιν [dual, genitive, neuter], πολῠσήμων [feminine, genitive, masculine, plural], πολῠσήμων [genitive, neuter, plural], πολῠσήμῳ [dative, feminine, masculine, singular], πολῠσήμῳ [dative, neuter, singular], πολῠσήμοιν [dative, dual, feminine, masculine], πολῠσήμοιν [dative, dual, neuter], πολῠσήμοις [dative, feminine, masculine, plural], πολῠσήμοις [dative, neuter, plural], πολῠ́σημον [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], πολῠ́σημον [accusative, neuter, singular], πολῠσήμω [accusative, dual, feminine, masculine], πολῠσήμω [accusative, dual, neuter], πολῠσήμους [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], πολῠ́σημᾰ [accusative, neuter, plural], πολῠ́σημε [feminine, masculine, singular, vocative], πολῠ́σημον [neuter, singular, vocative], πολῠσήμω [dual, feminine, masculine, vocative], πολῠσήμω [dual, neuter, vocative], πολῠ́σημοι [feminine, masculine, plural, vocative], πολῠ́σημᾰ [neuter, plural, vocative], πολῠσήμως [adverbial, feminine, masculine, neuter], πολῠσημότερος [comparative, feminine, masculine, neuter], πολῠσημότᾰτος [feminine, masculine, neuter, superlative]
  1. signifying many things, having multiple meanings, polysemous Synonyms: πολυσήμαντος (polusḗmantos)
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        "feminine",
        "masculine",
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      "form": "πολῠσήμω",
      "roman": "polusḗmō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "neuter",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πολῠ́σημοι",
      "roman": "polúsēmoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πολῠ́σημᾰ",
      "roman": "polúsēma",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πολῠσήμως",
      "roman": "polusḗmōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πολῠσημότερος",
      "roman": "polusēmóteros",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πολῠσημότᾰτος",
      "roman": "polusēmótatos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "πολῠ́σημος",
        "2": "ον"
      },
      "name": "grc-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek 4-syllable words",
        "Ancient Greek adjectives",
        "Ancient Greek bahuvrihi compounds",
        "Ancient Greek compound terms",
        "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
        "Ancient Greek lemmas",
        "Ancient Greek proparoxytone terms",
        "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ος",
        "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "signifying many things, having multiple meanings, polysemous"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "signifying",
          "signifying"
        ],
        [
          "meanings",
          "meanings"
        ],
        [
          "polysemous",
          "polysemous"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/po.lý.sɛː.mos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/poˈly.si.mos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/poˈli.si.mos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/po.lý.sɛː.mos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/poˈly.se̝.mos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/poˈly.si.mos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/poˈly.si.mos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/poˈli.si.mos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "polusḗmantos",
      "word": "πολυσήμαντος"
    }
  ],
  "word": "πολύσημος"
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: πολύσημος/Ancient Greek 'Number' base_tags={'-', 'c', 's', 'o', 'A', 't', 'n', 'd', 'i', '2', 'e', 'l'}",
  "path": [
    "πολύσημος"
  ],
  "section": "Ancient Greek",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "πολύσημος",
  "trace": ""
}

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