n. Greek Mythology The Cyclops who confined Odysseus and his companions in a cave until Odysseus blinded him and escaped. [Latin Polyphēmus, from Greek Poluphēmos, from poluphēmos, famous : polu-, much; see POLY- + phēmē, saying, report; see bhā-2 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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