Polyhistor Definition

pŏlē-hĭstər
noun
A person with broad knowledge.
American Heritage

Polymath.

Webster's New World

Someone gifted or learned in multiple disciplines.

Wiktionary

A universal scientist (generally in use to describe such a person when the term philosophy meant the entire summation of all scientific knowledge; i.e., generally from the ancient Greeks into the eighteenth century.)

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Polyhistor

Noun

Singular:
polyhistor
Plural:
polyhistors

Origin of Polyhistor

  • Latin Polyhistōr from Greek poluistōr very learned polu- poly- histōr learned weid- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek πολυί̈στωρ (polyhistōr, “greatly learned").

    From Wiktionary

Polyhistor Sentence Examples

  • The Collectanea was revised in the 6th century under the title of Polyhistor (subsequently taken for the author's name).

  • His works have perished, but extracts from the history have been preserved by Josephus and Eusebius, the latter of whom probably derived them not directly from Berossus, but through the medium of Alexander Polyhistor and Apollodorus.

  • Morhof, the author of the well-known Polyhistor, conceived the idea of a monthly serial to be devoted to the history of modern books and learning, which Came to nothing.

  • The mysterious fish-man Oannes,who taught the primitive inhabitants of Babylonia, according to Alexander Polyhistor, has been identified with Ea, god of the deep, the source of wisdom, culture and social order.

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