Oenus
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English
Etymology
From Latin Oenūs, Ancient Greek Οἰνοῦς (Oinoûs).
Proper noun
Oenus
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Οἰνοῦς (Oinoûs).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈoe̯.nuːs/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.nus/,
Proper noun
Oenūs m sg (genitive Oenūntos); third declension
- The river Oenus, the modern Kelefina
- 201 BCE – 167 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita Libri, Book XXXIV, §28.1:
- Quinctius satis iam omnibus parātīs prōfectus ab statīvīs diē alterō ad Sellasiam super Oenūnta fluvium pervēnit, quō in locō Antigonus Macedonum rēx cum Cleomenē Lacedaemoniōrum tyrannō signīs conlātīs dīmicāsse dīcēbātur.
- Quinctius, when all his preparations were now sufficiently made, decamped; and, on the second day, came to Sellasia, on the river Oenus, on the spot where it is said Antigonus, king of Macedonia, fought a pitched battle with Cleomenes, tyrant of Lacedaemon.
Declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Oenūs |
| genitive | Oenūntos |
| dative | Oenūntī |
| accusative | Oenūnta |
| ablative | Oenūnte |
| vocative | Oenūs |
Derived terms
- English: Oenus
References
- “Oenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press