Cephisus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κηφῑσός (Kēphīsós).

View of the river in Boeotia

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Cēphīsus m sg (genitive Cēphīsī); second declension

  1. A river of Boeotia
  2. A river of Attica
  3. A river of Argolis

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Cēphīsus
Genitive Cēphīsī
Dative Cēphīsō
Accusative Cēphīsum
Ablative Cēphīsō
Vocative Cēphīse

References

  • “Cephisus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Cephissus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Cephisus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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