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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Haemus, from Ancient Greek Αἷμος (Haîmos).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Haemus
- (Greek mythology) a king of Thrace, the son of Boreas, who was vain and haughty and compared himself and his wife to Zeus and Hera
Translations
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Αἷμος (Haîmos).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Haemus m sg (genitive Haemī); second declension
- (Greek mythology) a king of Thrace, the son of Boreas, who was vain and haughty and compared himself and his wife to Zeus and Hera
- A large range of mountains in the north of Thrace
- The Balkans
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
References
- “Haemus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Haemus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Haemus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.