Phaethonteus
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φᾰεθόντειος (Phaethónteios)
The poetic sense pertaining to poplars alludes to the Phaëthontiads (the sisters of Phaëthon), who, lamenting their brother’s death, were changed into poplars.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /pʰa.e.tʰonˈteː.us/, [pʰäɛt̪ʰɔn̪ˈt̪eːʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fa.e.tonˈte.us/, [fäet̪on̪ˈt̪ɛːus]
Adjective
[edit]Phaëthontēus (feminine Phaëthontēa, neuter Phaëthontēum); first/second-declension adjective
- of or belonging to Phaëthon, Phaëthontean
- (poetic) of a poplar or poplars
- Phaethontea umbra
- shade of a poplar
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | Phaëthontēus | Phaëthontēa | Phaëthontēum | Phaëthontēī | Phaëthontēae | Phaëthontēa | |
| genitive | Phaëthontēī | Phaëthontēae | Phaëthontēī | Phaëthontēōrum | Phaëthontēārum | Phaëthontēōrum | |
| dative | Phaëthontēō | Phaëthontēae | Phaëthontēō | Phaëthontēīs | |||
| accusative | Phaëthontēum | Phaëthontēam | Phaëthontēum | Phaëthontēōs | Phaëthontēās | Phaëthontēa | |
| ablative | Phaëthontēō | Phaëthontēā | Phaëthontēō | Phaëthontēīs | |||
| vocative | Phaëthontēe | Phaëthontēa | Phaëthontēum | Phaëthontēī | Phaëthontēae | Phaëthontēa | |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- English: Phaëthontean
References
[edit]- “Phăĕthontēus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Phăĕthontēus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “1,170/1”
- “Phaëthontēus” on page 1,371/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- Phaethonteus in Ramminger, Johann (2024 December 25 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016