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)