Polybus

Polybus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πόλῠβος (Pólubos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpo.ly.bus/, [ˈpɔ.lʏ.bʊs]

Proper noun

Polybus m (genitive Polybī); second declension

1. A male given name — 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.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Polybus
Genitive	Polybī
Dative	Polybō
Accusative	Polybum
Ablative	Polybō
Vocative	Polybe

Related terms

• Polybius

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)