Peloponnesus
English
Etymology
From Latin Peloponnesus, from Ancient Greek Πελοπόννησος (Pelopónnēsos), q.v.
Proper noun
Peloponnesus
- Synonym of Peloponnese, a peninsula in Greece.
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Πελοπόννησος (Pelopónnēsos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɛ.ɫɔ.pɔnˈneː.sʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pe.lo.ponˈnɛː.s̬us]
Proper noun
Peloponnēsus f sg (genitive Peloponnēsī); second declension
- The Peloponnese.
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Peloponnēsus |
| genitive | Peloponnēsī |
| dative | Peloponnēsō |
| accusative | Peloponnēsum |
| ablative | Peloponnēsō |
| vocative | Peloponnēse |
Derived terms
- Peloponnēsius (learned borrowing from Πελοποννήσιος (Peloponnḗsios))
References
- “Peloponnesus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Peloponnesus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.