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† pŏlyphăgus, i, m., = πολυφάγος, a glutton, gormandizer, Suet. Ner. 37.

Pŏlyphēmus (-os), i, m., = Πολύφημος.

  1. I. The one-eyed Cyclops in Sicily, son of Neptune, who was blinded by Ulysses, Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 115; Ov. M. 13, 772; 14, 167; Mart. 4, 49, 6; Juv. 14, 20; 9, 64; Hyg. Fab. 125; cf. Verg. A. 3, 618 sq.
  2. II. One of the Argonauts, Hyg. Fab. 14.

Pŏlyplūsĭus, a, adj., = πολυπλούσιος (very rich), a fictitious name of a gens, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 27.

† pŏlypŏdĭum (-ĭon), ii, n., = πολυπόδιον, a kind of fern, polypody, Plin. 16, 44, 92, § 244; 26, 12, 75, § 122.

pŏlypōsus, a, um, adj. [polypus], having a polypus in the nose, Mart. 12, 37, 2; Dig. 21, 1, 12.

† pŏlyptōton, i, n., = πολύπτωτον, a figure of speech, when several cases of the same word stand together, as homo homini, Mart. Cap. 5, § 535.

† pŏlyptycha, ōrum, n., = πολύπτυχα (that has many folds or leaves), accountbooks, registers (post-class.), Veg. Mil. 2, 19; Cod. Th. 1, 26, 2; 1, 28, 13.

† pō̆lypŭs, i, m. (fem., Lucil. ap. Non. 220, 4), = πολύπους (many-footed; Dor. and Æol. πωλύπος), a polypus.

  1. I. An aquatic animal, sea-polypus: Sepia octopodia, Linn.: piscis polypus, Plaut. Rud. 4, 3, 71; Plin. 9, 12, 14, § 40; 9, 19, 35, § 71 al. (Jahn, polybi); Lucil. l. l.; Enn. ap. App. Mag. p. 299 (Heduph. v. 10 Vahl.); Ov. M. 4, 366; id. Hal. 31 (with the o long).
    Transf., of rapacious men, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 21.
  2. II. A polypus in the nose, Cels. 6, 8, 2; 6, 7, 10; Plin. 24, 16, 92, § 146; Hor. S. 1, 3, 40; id. Epod. 12, 5 (with the o long).