polyhistor

From Latin polyhistor (“very learned”), from Hellenistic Ancient Greek πολυΐστωρ (poluḯstōr, “greatly learned”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌpɒliˈhɪstɔː(ɹ)/

polyhistor (plural polyhistors)

1. Someone gifted or learned to a great extent or in multiple disciplines; a great scholar. [from 16th c.]
   • 1988, Milorad Pavić, translated by Christina Pribićević-Zorić, Dictionary of the Khazars, Vintage, published 1989, page 24:

     A hired diplomat in Edirne and to the Porte in Constantinople, a military commander in the Austro-Turkish wars, a polyhistor and a learned man.

   • 1997, Eckhart Gillen, quoting Henry Schumann, German Art from Beckmann to Richter, →ISBN, page 289:

     [Carlfriedrich] Claus is an artist, though he does not like to call himself one, and a scholar. As such, he personifies the polyhistor, a species rarely found today.

• (gifted in multiple disciplines): polymath, Renaissance man

• “polyhistor”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “polymath, polyhistor”, in Google Books Ngram Viewer.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpolɪɦɪstor]

polyhistor m anim

1. polymath, polyhistor

• všeuměl

• “polyhistor”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “polyhistor”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “polyhistor”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

From Latin polyhistor, from Ancient Greek πολυΐστωρ (poluḯstōr).

polyhistor c (singular definite polyhistoren, plural indefinite polyhistorer)

1. polyhistor, polymath

• “polyhistor” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “polyhistor” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog