Inopus

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Ἰ̄νωπός (Īnōpós).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /iːˈnoː.pus/, [iːˈnoː.pʊs]

Proper noun

Īnōpus m (genitive Īnōpī); second declension

  1. a fountain and river on the island of Delos, where Leto brought forth Apollo and Artemis (It is said to have risen and fallen at the same time as the Nile, and hence was supposed to be connected with it by a subterranean channel.)

Declension

Second declension, with locative.

Case Singular
Nominative Īnōpus
Genitive Īnōpī
Dative Īnōpō
Accusative Īnōpum
Ablative Īnōpō
Vocative Īnōpe
Locative Īnōpī

References
  • Īnōpus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Inōpus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 825/2
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