How do you use Polyhistor in a sentence? See 2 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Polyhistor in a sentence
Polyhistor meaning
Someone gifted or learned to a great extent or in multiple disciplines; a great scholar.
Using Polyhistor
- The main meaning on this page is: Someone gifted or learned to a great extent or in multiple disciplines; a great scholar.
Context around Polyhistor
- Average sentence length in these examples: 37 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Polyhistor
- In this selection, "polyhistor" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 37 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, cornelius, alexander, wrote and apud stand out and add context to how "polyhistor" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 12 alexander polyhistor apud clement and alexander cornelius polyhistor wrote the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "polyhistor" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with polyhistor
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Pythagorean tradition considered the mathematician to have studied with Zoroaster in Babylonia ( Porphyry Life of Pythagoras 12, Alexander Polyhistor apud Clement's Stromata I.15, Diodorus of Eritrea, Aristoxenus apud Hippolitus VI32.2). (34 words)
The Celts In the 1st century BCE Alexander Cornelius Polyhistor wrote: The Pythagorean doctrine prevails among the Gauls' teaching that the souls of men are immortal, and that after a fixed number of years they will enter into another body. (40 words)
The Celts In the 1st century BCE Alexander Cornelius Polyhistor wrote: The Pythagorean doctrine prevails among the Gauls' teaching that the souls of men are immortal, and that after a fixed number of years they will enter into another body. (40 words)
The Pythagorean tradition considered the mathematician to have studied with Zoroaster in Babylonia ( Porphyry Life of Pythagoras 12, Alexander Polyhistor apud Clement's Stromata I.15, Diodorus of Eritrea, Aristoxenus apud Hippolitus VI32.2). (34 words)
Example sentences (2)
The Celts In the 1st century BCE Alexander Cornelius Polyhistor wrote: The Pythagorean doctrine prevails among the Gauls' teaching that the souls of men are immortal, and that after a fixed number of years they will enter into another body.
The Pythagorean tradition considered the mathematician to have studied with Zoroaster in Babylonia ( Porphyry Life of Pythagoras 12, Alexander Polyhistor apud Clement's Stromata I.15, Diodorus of Eritrea, Aristoxenus apud Hippolitus VI32.2).