"Polyphemus" meaning in Latin

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Proper name

IPA: /po.lyˈpʰeː.mus/ [Classical-Latin], [pɔlʲʏˈpʰeːmʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /po.liˈfe.mus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [poliˈfɛːmus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Πολύφημος (Polúphēmos, from πολύ (polú) + φήμη (phḗmē) + -ος (-os), literally “many-voiced”, “much spoken of”, or “abounding in songs and legends”). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|πολύ|φήμη|-ος|lit=many-voiced”, “much spoken of”, or “abounding in songs and legends|nocat=1}} πολύ (polú) + φήμη (phḗmē) + -ος (-os), literally “many-voiced”, “much spoken of”, or “abounding in songs and legends”, {{bor|la|grc|Πολύφημος|pos=from <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">πολύ</i> (polú) + <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">φήμη</i> (phḗmē) + <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">-ος</i> (-os), literally “many-voiced”, “much spoken of”, or “abounding in songs and legends”}} Ancient Greek Πολύφημος (Polúphēmos, from πολύ (polú) + φήμη (phḗmē) + -ος (-os), literally “many-voiced”, “much spoken of”, or “abounding in songs and legends”) Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Polyphēmus<2>|g=m}} Polyphēmus m sg (genitive Polyphēmī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Polyphēmus<2>}} Forms: Polyphēmus [canonical, masculine, singular], Polyphēmī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Polyphēmus [nominative, singular], Polyphēmī [genitive, singular], Polyphēmō [dative, singular], Polyphēmum [accusative, singular], Polyphēmō [ablative, singular], Polyphēme [singular, vocative]
  1. (Greek mythology) Polyphemus, the one-eyed Cyclops in Sicily, son of Neptune, who was blinded by Ulysses in Homer's Odyssey Tags: Greek, declension-2 Categories (topical): Greek mythology Synonyms: Polyphēmos [Greek-type]
    Sense id: en-Polyphemus-la-name-Ij9VIux~ Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 27 36 37 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  2. (Greek mythology) One of the Argonauts Tags: Greek, declension-2 Categories (topical): Greek mythology
    Sense id: en-Polyphemus-la-name-Mx6Iffnx Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 27 36 37 Topics: human-sciences, mysticism, mythology, philosophy, sciences
  3. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Polyphemus or Polyphemos Tags: declension-2 Categories (topical): Latin given names, Latin male given names, Ancient Greece
    Sense id: en-Polyphemus-la-name-yFFWNIMj Disambiguation of Ancient Greece: 11 15 74 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 27 36 37 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 23 19 58
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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.