Coloneus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Ancient Greek Κολώνειος (Kolṓneios), from Κολωνός (Kolōnós).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ko.loːˈneː.us/, [kɔɫ̪oːˈneːʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ko.loˈne.us/, [koloˈnɛːus]
Adjective
[edit]Colōnēus (feminine Colōnēa, neuter Colōnēum); first/second-declension adjective
- of or pertaining to the Attic demos Colonus
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | Colōnēus | Colōnēa | Colōnēum | Colōnēī | Colōnēae | Colōnēa | |
Genitive | Colōnēī | Colōnēae | Colōnēī | Colōnēōrum | Colōnēārum | Colōnēōrum | |
Dative | Colōnēō | Colōnēō | Colōnēīs | ||||
Accusative | Colōnēum | Colōnēam | Colōnēum | Colōnēōs | Colōnēās | Colōnēa | |
Ablative | Colōnēō | Colōnēā | Colōnēō | Colōnēīs | |||
Vocative | Colōnēe | Colōnēa | Colōnēum | Colōnēī | Colōnēae | Colōnēa |
Proper noun
[edit]Colōnēus m sg (genitive Colōnēī); second declension
- (elliptically for Oedipūs Colōnēus) Oedipus at Colonus (Sophocles’ tragedy)
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Colōnēus |
Genitive | Colōnēī |
Dative | Colōnēō |
Accusative | Colōnēum |
Ablative | Colōnēō |
Vocative | Colōnēe |
Synonyms
[edit]- (Oedipus at Colonus): Oedipūs
References
[edit]- “Cŏlōnēus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Cŏlōnēus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 345/1.
- “Colōnēus” on page 355/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Further reading
[edit]- Oedipus Coloneus (Sophocles) on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la