Haemus

Borrowed from Latin Haemus, from Ancient Greek Αἷμος (Haîmos).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhiːməs/

Haemus

1. (Greek mythology) a king of Thrace, the son of Boreas, who was vain and haughty and compared himself and his wife to Zeus and Hera

• Maheus

• Aemus
• Haemos

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Αἷμος (Haîmos).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈhae̯.mʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɛː.mus]

Haemus m sg (genitive Haemī); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) a king of Thrace, the son of Boreas, who was vain and haughty and compared himself and his wife to Zeus and Hera
2. A large range of mountains in the north of Thrace
3. The Balkans

Second-declension noun, singular only.

• “Haemus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Haemus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Haemus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.