Peneus

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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View of the river in Thessaly

Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Πηνειός (Pēneiós).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Pēnēus m sg (genitive Pēnēī); second declension

  1. the chief river of Thessaly, which rises in Mount Pindus and flows into the Gulf of Therma
  2. A river in Elis district, Peloponnesus, Greece, which rises in Mount Erymanthus and flows into the Ionian Sea
  3. (Greek mythology) A river god, father of Daphne

Declension

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Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Pēnēus
Genitive Pēnēī
Dative Pēnēō
Accusative Pēnēum
Ablative Pēnēō
Vocative Pēnēe

References

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  • Peneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Peneus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Peneius”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly