Melicertes

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μελικέρτης (Melikértēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /me.liˈker.teːs/, [mɛlʲɪˈkɛrt̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /me.liˈt͡ʃer.tes/, [meliˈt͡ʃɛrt̪es]

Proper noun

Melicertēs m sg (genitive Melicertae); first declension

1. Melicertes, son of Ino and Athamus who had been turned into a sea god after being pursued by his father

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Melicertēs
genitive	Melicertae
dative	Melicertae
accusative	Melicertēn
ablative	Melicertē
vocative	Melicertē

References

• “Melicertes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press