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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μυρτίλος (Murtílos).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Myrtilus m sg (genitive Myrtilī); second declension
- (Greek mythology) A son of Hermes and charioteer of Oenomaus
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
References
- Myrtilus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Myrtilus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray