Polybus

Latin

Etymology

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πόλῠβος (Pólŭbos).

    Pronunciation

    Proper noun

    Polybus m sg (genitive Polybī); second declension

    1. (Greek mythology) a male given name from Ancient Greek — famously held by:
      1. a king of Corinth, at whose court Oedipus was brought up
      2. one of the suitors of Penelope (the wife of Odysseus)

    Declension

    Second-declension noun, singular only.

    singular
    nominative Polybus
    genitive Polybī
    dative Polybō
    accusative Polybum
    ablative Polybō
    vocative Polybe

    References

    • “Pŏlybus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “Pŏly̆bus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,196/2.
    • “Polybus” on page 1,398/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
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