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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἄμφρυσος (Ámphrusos).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Amphrȳsus m sg (genitive Amphrȳsī); second declension
- A small river in Thessaly, Greece, celebrated in mythology as the river on the banks of which Apollo fed the flocks of king Admetus
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
References
- Amphrysus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Amphrysus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly