Granicus

From Latin Granicus, from Ancient Greek Γρανικός (Granikós).

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹəˈnaɪkəs/

Granicus

1. A river in northwestern Anatolia, where Alexander the Great defeated the forces of the Persian Empire under Darius III

From Ancient Greek Γρανικός (Granikós).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɡraːˈniː.kʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ɡraˈniː.kus]

Grānīcus m sg (genitive Grānīcī); second declension

1. an important river in Troas, now the Biga Çayı

Second-declension noun, singular only.

• Granicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Granicus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly