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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἐνυώ (Enuṓ).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Enyo
- (Greek mythology) Goddess of violent war, acting as a counterpart and companion to the war god Ares. Identified with Bellona in Roman mythology.
Translations
goddess of war
- Finnish: Enyo
- French: Ényo f
- Greek:
- Ancient: Ἐνυώ f (Enuṓ)
- Inuktitut: ᐃᓂᐅ (inio)
- Italian: Enio f
- Portuguese: Ênio f
- Russian: Энио f (Enio)
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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐνῡώ (Enūṓ).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Enȳō f sg (genitive Enȳūs); fourth declension
- (Greek mythology) Enyo (goddess of war, companion and sister of Ares, and daughter of Zeus and Hera)
Declension
Fourth-declension noun (all cases except the genitive singular in -ō), singular only.
Synonyms
- (goddess of war): Bellōna (Roman equivalent)
References
- “Enȳō”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Enȳō in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 591/3.
- “Enȳō” on page 610/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)