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Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Penius m sg (genitive Peniī or Penī); second declension
- A tributary river of the Phasis, in Colchis
- A small town on this river
Declension
Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “Penius”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly