Peneus
Latin
Alternative forms
- Pēnēius
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Πηνειός (Pēneiós).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [peːˈneː.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [peˈnɛː.us]
Proper noun
Pēnēus m sg (genitive Pēnēī); second declension
- the chief river of Thessaly, which rises in Mount Pindus and flows into the Gulf of Therma
- a river in Elis district, Peloponnesus, Greece, which rises in Mount Erymanthus and flows into the Ionian Sea
- (Greek mythology) A river god, father of Daphne
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Pēnēus |
| genitive | Pēnēī |
| dative | Pēnēō |
| accusative | Pēnēum |
| ablative | Pēnēō |
| vocative | Pēnēe |
References
- “Peneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Peneus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Peneius”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly