Coloneus
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Latin
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek Κολώνειος (Kolṓneios), from Κολωνός (Kolōnós).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ko.loːˈneː.us/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ko.loˈne.us/,
Adjective
Colōnēus (feminine Colōnēa, neuter Colōnēum); first/second-declension adjective
- of or pertaining to the Attic demos Colonus
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | Colōnēus | Colōnēa | Colōnēum | Colōnēī | Colōnēae | Colōnēa | |
| Genitive | Colōnēī | Colōnēae | Colōnēī | Colōnēōrum | Colōnēārum | Colōnēōrum | |
| Dative | Colōnēō | Colōnēō | Colōnēīs | ||||
| Accusative | Colōnēum | Colōnēam | Colōnēum | Colōnēōs | Colōnēās | Colōnēa | |
| Ablative | Colōnēō | Colōnēā | Colōnēō | Colōnēīs | |||
| Vocative | Colōnēe | Colōnēa | Colōnēum | Colōnēī | Colōnēae | Colōnēa | |
Proper noun
Colōnēus m sg (genitive Colōnēī); second declension
- (elliptically for Oedipūs Colōnēus) Oedipus at Colonus (Sophocles’ tragedy)
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Colōnēus |
| Genitive | Colōnēī |
| Dative | Colōnēō |
| Accusative | Colōnēum |
| Ablative | Colōnēō |
| Vocative | Colōnēe |
Synonyms
- (Oedipus at Colonus): Oedipūs
References
- “Cŏlōnēus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Cŏlōnēus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 345/1.
- “Colōnēus” on page 355/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Further reading
Oedipus Coloneus (Sophocles) on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
