Peneus

Latin

Alternative forms
  • Pēnēius
View of the river in Thessaly

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πηνειός (Pēneiós).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /peːˈneː.us/, [peːˈneː.ʊs]

Proper noun

Pēnēus m (genitive Pēnēī); second declension

  1. the chief river of Thessaly, which rises in Mount Pindus and flows into the Gulf of Therma
  2. a river of Elis, which rises in Mount Erymanthus and flows into the Ionian Sea

Inflection

Second declension.

Case 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
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