Pleistus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πλειστός (Pleistós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpliːs.tus/, [ˈplʲiːs̠t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈplis.tus/, [ˈplist̪us]

Proper noun

Pleistus m sg (genitive Pleistī); second declension

1. A river of Greece rising in the Mount Parnassus and flowing into the Gulf of Corinthus near Cirrha

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Pleistus
genitive	Pleistī
dative	Pleistō
accusative	Pleistum
ablative	Pleistō
vocative	Pleiste

References

• “Pleistus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly