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Polyphemos.

Polyphemus, the one-eyed Cyclops in Sicily, son of Neptune, who was blinded by Ulysses in Homer's Odyssey

10 characters4 syllables approx.Latina language

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name[pɔ.lyˈpʰeː.mɔs]Classical-Latin[po.liˈfɛː.mos]
  1. Polyphemus, the one-eyed Cyclops in Sicily, son of Neptune, who was blinded by Ulysses in Homer's Odyssey

    Greek · declension-2
  2. One of the Argonauts

    Greek · declension-2
  3. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Polyphemus or Polyphemos

    declension-2
Where this word comes from

From Ancient Greek Πολύφημος (Polúphēmos), from πολύ (polú) + φήμη (phḗmē) + -ος (-os), literally “many-voiced”, “much spoken of”, or “abounding in songs and legends”.

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