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POLIFRONE | POLIFRONI

Both Polyphons and polyfrons are typical of the Reggino, the second, less rare, is specific to Ciminà and LOCRI. Additions provided by Stefano Ferrazzi originating in the Reggino, but also present in the North and center north of the country, the surnames Polifrone and Polifroni derive from the medieval name Polifrone, the Italianization that is the Greek staff Polyphron, which, composed by Elements Polys (very) and phrontis (thought, reflection), can be translated as one who thinks a lot, who has many ideas (in the ancient epic, for example, Polyphron was one of the epithets attributed to Ulysses). In conclusion, therefore, these are the cognitive-ominizations of the personal names of the ancestor. Additions provided by Giovanni Vezzelli Polifroni is a Calabrian surname that corresponds to the Greek surname Polychronis da

Bibliographic source' "L'origine dei cognomi Italianim storia ed etimologia" di E. Rossoni disponibile online su: https://archive.org/


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