Polyhymnia

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Polyhymnia, from Ancient Greek Πολυΰμνια (Poluǘmnia), Πολύμνια (Polúmnia)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpɒliˈhɪmniə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌpɑliˈhɪmniə/, /ˌpɑlɪˈhɪmniə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪmniə

Proper noun

Polyhymnia

2. (Greek mythology) The Muse of sacred music.
4. (astronomy) 33 Polyhymnia, a main belt asteroid.

Synonyms

• (astronomy): 33 Polyhymnia, ㉝

Derived terms

• Polyhymnian

Translations

muse of sacred music

• Armenian: Պոլիհիմնիա (hy) (Polihimnia)
• Bulgarian: Полихимния f (Polihimnija)
• Danish: Polyhymnia
• Finnish: Polyhymnia
• Georgian: პოლიჰიმნია (ṗolihimnia)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: Πολῡ́μνια f (Polū́mnia), Πολυΰμνια f (Poluǘmnia)

• Greenlandic: Polyhymnia
• Hungarian: Polühümnia (hu)
• Icelandic: Pólýhymnía f
• Inuktitut: ᐳᓕᐦᐃᒻᓂᐊ (polihimnia)
• Italian: Polinnia f
• Japanese: ポリュムニアー (Poryumuniā)
• Korean: 폴리힘니아 (Pollihimnia)
• Polish: Polihymnia (pl) f
• Portuguese: Polímnia f, Poliímnia f
• Russian: Полиги́мния (ru) f (Poligímnija)

Asteroid

• Bulgarian: Полихимния f (Polihimnija)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 司瑟星 (Sīsèxīng)

• Polish: Polihymnia (pl) f

See also

• (Greek mythology Muses) Muse; Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, Urania

Latin

Alternative forms

• Polȳmnia

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Πολῠῠ̈́μνῐᾰ (Polŭŭ̈́mnĭă).

Pronunciation

• Polyhymnia:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɔ.lyˈ(ɦ)ym.ni.a]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [po.liˈim.ni.a]
• Polyhymniā:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɔ.lyˈ(ɦ)ym.ni.aː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [po.liˈim.ni.a]

Proper noun

Polyhymnia f sg (genitive Polyhymniae); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Polyhymnia (the Muse of sacred music)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Polyhymnia
genitive	Polyhymniae
dative	Polyhymniae
accusative	Polyhymniam
ablative	Polyhymniā
vocative	Polyhymnia

Further reading

• “Pŏlyhymnĭa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Pŏlўhymnĭa”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Proper noun

Polyhymnia f

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Polímnia