Inopus
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the Ancient Greek Ἰ̄νωπός (Īnōpós).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /iːˈnoː.pus/, [iːˈnoːpʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iˈno.pus/, [iˈnɔːpus]
Proper noun[edit]
Īnōpus m sg (genitive Īnōpī); second declension
- 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[edit]
Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Īnōpus |
| Genitive | Īnōpī |
| Dative | Īnōpō |
| Accusative | Īnōpum |
| Ablative | Īnōpō |
| Vocative | Īnōpe |
| Locative | Īnōpī |
References[edit]
- “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.