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cyclops

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cyclops, from Ancient Greek ?????? (Kúkl?ps, Cyclops), q.v.

Pronunciation

  • (US) enPR: s?'kl?ps, IPA(key): /?sa??kl?ps/

Noun

cyclops (plural cyclops or cyclopes or cyclopses)

  1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) A one-eyed giant from Greek and Roman mythology.
  2. A one-eyed creature of any species.
  3. (derogatory) A person with only one working eye.
  4. (zoology) Any copepod in the genus Cyclops.

Derived terms

Translations


Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (Kúkl?ps, Cyclops), q.v.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /?ky.klo?ps/, [?k?k??o?ps?]
  • (Vulgar) IPA(key): /?ky.klops/, [?k?klops]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?t??i.klops/, [?t??i?kl?ps]

Noun

cycl?ps m (genitive cycl?pis); third declension

  1. A cyclops; a one-eyed giant from Greek and Roman mythology.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

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polyphemus

English

Noun

polyphemus (plural polyphemuses)

  1. Synonym of polyphemus moth

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