Halycus

Latin

The river's mouth

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἅλυκος (Hálukos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈha.ly.kus/, [ˈhälʲʏkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.li.kus/, [ˈäːlikus]

Proper noun

Halycus m sg (genitive Halycī); second declension

1. A river in Sicily that flows into the Mediterranean Sea, now the river Platani

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Halycus
genitive	Halycī
dative	Halycō
accusative	Halycum
ablative	Halycō
vocative	Halyce

References

• “Halycus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly