"πολύσημος" meaning in Ancient Greek

See πολύσημος in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

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], polŭ́sēmos [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], πολυσήμαντος [alternative]
  1. signifying many things, having multiple meanings, polysemous
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      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πολῠσήμω",
      "roman": "polŭsḗmō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πολῠσήμω",
      "roman": "polŭsḗmō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "neuter",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πολῠ́σημοι",
      "roman": "polŭ́sēmoi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πολῠ́σημᾰ",
      "roman": "polŭ́sēmă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πολῠσήμως",
      "roman": "polŭsḗmōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πολῠσημότερος",
      "roman": "polŭsēmóteros",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πολῠσημότᾰτος",
      "roman": "polŭsēmótătos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "πολυσήμαντος",
      "roman": "polusḗmantos",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "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"
    }
  ],
  "word": "πολύσημος"
}

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

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