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Polyhymnia

Polˊy-hym′ni-a

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Noun.

[L., from Gr. [GREEK];

πολύσ

many + [GREEK] hymn.]

(Anc. Myth.)

The Muse of lyric poetry.

Definition 2024

Polyhymnia

Polyhymnia

English

Proper noun

Polyhymnia

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

Translations

muse of sacred music

Danish: Polyhymnia
Greenlandic: Polyhymnia
Hungarian: Polühümnia (hu)

Inuktitut: ᐳᓕᐦᐃᒻᓂᐊ ‎(pulihimnia)
Italian: Polinnia f
Portuguese: Polímnia f, Poliímnia f
Russian: Полиги́мния (ru) f ‎(Poligímnija)

See also

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

Portuguese

Proper noun

Polyhymnia f

Obsolete spelling of Polímnia (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).