Pyretus

Latin

View of the river

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πυρετός (Puretós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpy.re.tus/, [ˈpʏrɛt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.re.tus/, [ˈpiːret̪us]

Proper noun

Pyretus m sg (genitive Pyretī); second declension

1. a river of Scythia that flows into the Danube, now the river Prut

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Pyretus
genitive	Pyretī
dative	Pyretō
accusative	Pyretum
ablative	Pyretō
vocative	Pyrete

References

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