Polyhymnia

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Πολυύμνια (Poluúmnia), Πολύμνια (Polúmnia)

Proper noun

Polyhymnia

1. (Greek mythology) The Muse of sacred music.
2. (astronomy) 33 Polyhymnia, a main belt asteroid.

Synonyms

• (astronomy): 33 Polyhymnia, ㉝

Translations

muse of sacred music

• Armenian: Պոլիհիմնիա (hy) (Polihimnia)
• Danish: Polyhymnia
• Georgian: პოლიჰიმნია (ṗolihimnia)
• Greek:

  Ancient: Πολυύμνια f (Poluúmnia), Πολύμνια f (Polúmnia)

• Greenlandic: Polyhymnia
• Hungarian: Polühümnia (hu)
• Icelandic: Pólýhymnía f
• Inuktitut: ᐳᓕᐦᐃᒻᓂᐊ (polihimnia)
• Italian: Polinnia f
• Portuguese: Polímnia f, Poliímnia f
• Russian: Полиги́мния (ru) f (Poligímnija)

Asteroid

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 司瑟星 (Sīsèxīng)

See also

• (Greek mythology Muses) Muse; Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, Urania

Portuguese

Proper noun

Polyhymnia f

1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Polímnia.