Abderus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄβδηρος (Ábdēros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /abˈdeː.rus/, [äbˈd̪eːrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /abˈde.rus/, [äbˈd̪ɛːrus]

Proper noun

Abdērus m sg (genitive Abdērī); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) A divine hero and one of the lovers of Heracles

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Abdērus
genitive	Abdērī
dative	Abdērō
accusative	Abdērum
ablative	Abdērō
vocative	Abdēre

References

• “Abderus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray