Polyphemus
pronunciation
How to pronounce Polyphemus in British English:
UK [ˌpɔliˈfi:məs]
How to pronounce Polyphemus in American English:
US [ˌpɑləˈfiməs]
Word Origin
- Polyphemus
- name of a Cyclops ("Odyssey," IX), also used as the name for a one-eyed animal; the name is literally "many-voiced" or else "much-spoken-of" (see poly- + fame (n.)).
Example
- 1. Polyphemus rises behind the trees .
- 2. Homer would have bound polyphemus with it , and shakespeare , caliban .
- 3. The limulus polyphemus I used to watch on the tidelines of delaware beaches are similar to horseshoe crabs from the deep past , but the species itself evolved geologically recently .