Inopus

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Ἰ̄νωπός (Īnōpós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /iːˈnoː.pus/, [iːˈnoːpʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iˈno.pus/, [iˈnɔːpus]

Proper noun

Īnōpus m sg (genitive Īnōpī); second declension

1. a fountain and river on the island of Delos, where Leto brought forth Apollo and Artemis (It is said to have risen and fallen at the same time as the Nile, and hence was supposed to be connected with it by a subterranean channel.)

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Īnōpus
genitive	Īnōpī
dative	Īnōpō
accusative	Īnōpum
ablative	Īnōpō
vocative	Īnōpe
locative	Īnōpī

References

• “Īnōpus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Inōpus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 825/2.