Peneus
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek Πηνειός (Pēneiós).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /peːˈneː.us/, [peːˈneːʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /peˈne.us/, [peˈnɛːus]
Proper noun
[edit]Pēnēus m sg (genitive Pēnēī); second declension
- the chief river of Thessaly, which rises in Mount Pindus and flows into the Gulf of Therma
- A river in Elis district, Peloponnesus, Greece, which rises in Mount Erymanthus and flows into the Ionian Sea
- (Greek mythology) A river god, father of Daphne
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Pēnēus |
Genitive | Pēnēī |
Dative | Pēnēō |
Accusative | Pēnēum |
Ablative | Pēnēō |
Vocative | Pēnēe |
References
[edit]- “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