Oenus

English

Etymology

From Latin Oenūs, Ancient Greek Οἰνοῦς (Oinoûs).

Proper noun

Oenus

1. A river in Laconia which flows into the Eurotas, now Kelefina

Anagrams

• no use, nouse, ouens

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Οἰνοῦς (Oinoûs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈoe̯.nuːs/, [ˈoe̯nuːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈe.nus/, [ˈɛːnus]

Proper noun

Oenūs m sg (genitive Oenūntos); third declension

1. The river Oenus, the modern Kelefina
   • 201 BCE – 167 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita Libri, Book XXXIV, §28.1:

     Quinctius satis iam omnibus parātīs prōfectus ab statīvīs diē alterō ad Sellasiam super Oenūnta fluvium pervēnit, quō in locō Antigonus Macedonum rēx cum Cleomenē Lacedaemoniōrum tyrannō signīs conlātīs dīmicāsse dīcēbātur.

     Quinctius, when all his preparations were now sufficiently made, decamped; and, on the second day, came to Sellasia, on the river Oenus, on the spot where it is said Antigonus, king of Macedonia, fought a pitched battle with Cleomenes, tyrant of Lacedaemon.

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Oenūs
genitive	Oenūntos
dative	Oenūntī
accusative	Oenūnta
ablative	Oenūnte
vocative	Oenūs

Derived terms

• English: Oenus

References

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