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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φαίνων (Phaínōn, “shining one”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Phaenōn m sg (genitive Phaenōnis); third declension
- Synonym of Saturnus (“the planet Saturn”)
- Synonym of Iuppiter (“the planet Jupiter”)
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
See also
References
- “Phaenon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Phænōn in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,170/1.
- “Phaenōn” on page 1,371/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)