Synchronically, we are dealing here with the simultaneous multilingual interplay of polynymy (involving several similar forms) and polysemy (involving several connected meanings).
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Polynymy
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Curiously, in the course of speculating on the details of the connection, Kidd associates the 'quam multa?' group with ambiguity, yet seems to identify them with cases of polynymy.
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The polynymy of the Stoic god was not an isolated phenomenon.
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Such, at least, is the opinion of Dr. A. D. Macdonald (Medical Press and Circular), and he is certainly to be congratulated for giving us so rhythmical an addition to polynymy, as well as in attaching an actual anatomical disorder to a purely physiological centre.
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