Oenus
English
Etymology
From Latin Oenūs, Ancient Greek Οἰνοῦς (Oinoûs).
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Οἰνοῦς (Oinoûs).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈoe̯.nuːs/
Proper noun
Oenūs m (genitive Oenūntos); third declension
- The river Oenus, the modern Kelefina
- 201 BCE – 167 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita Libri, Book XXXIV, §28.1:
- Quinctius satis iam omnibus parātīs prōfectus ab statīvīs diē alterō ad Sellasiam super Oenūnta fluvium pervēnit, quō in locō Antigonus Macedonum rēx cum Cleomenē Lacedaemoniōrum tyrannō signīs conlātīs dīmicāsse dīcēbātur.
- Quinctius, when all his preparations were now sufficiently made, decamped; and, on the second day, came to Sellasia, on the river Oenus, on the spot where it is said Antigonus, king of Macedonia, fought a pitched battle with Cleomenes, tyrant of Lacedaemon.
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Declension
Third declension, Greek type.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Oenūs |
Genitive | Oenūntos |
Dative | Oenūnti |
Accusative | Oenūnta |
Ablative | Oenūnte |
Vocative | Oenū |
Derived terms
- English: Oenus
References
- Oenus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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