Helorus

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Latin

View of the river

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἕλωρος (Hélōros).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Helōrus m sg (genitive Helōrī); second declension

  1. A river in Sicily, which flows into the sea between Syracusae and Pachynus, now the river Tellaro

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Helōrus
genitive Helōrī
dative Helōrō
accusative Helōrum
ablative Helōrō
vocative Helōre

References

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