Typhoeus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τυφωεύς (Tuphōeús).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tyˈpʰoː.eu̯s/, [t̪ʏˈpʰoːɛu̯s̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tiˈfo.eu̯s/, [t̪iˈfɔːeu̯s]

Proper noun

Typhōe͡us m sg (genitive Typhōeōs); third declension

1. Typhoeus, a giant killed by Zeus and buried underneath Mount Aetna

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Typhōeus
genitive	Typhōeōs
dative	Typhōeī
accusative	Typhōea
ablative	Typhōee
vocative	Typhōeus

References

• “Typhoeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press