polysemus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πολύσημος (polúsēmos), from πολύς (polús, “many”) + σημαίνω (sēmaínō, “I signify, mean”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /po.lyˈseː.mus/, [pɔ.lʏˈseː.mʊs]

Adjective

polysēmus (feminine polysēma, neuter polysēmum); first/second declension

Having many significations

Descendants

French: polysémie

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
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