pitheus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πιθεύς (pitheús).

Noun

pitheus m (genitive pitheī); second declension

1. (astronomy) A barrel-shaped comet

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	pitheus	pitheī
genitive	pitheī	pitheōrum
dative	pitheō	pitheīs
accusative	pitheum	pitheōs
ablative	pitheō	pitheīs
vocative	pithee	pitheī

References

• “pitheus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• pitheus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.