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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φόλος (Phólos), of obscure origin, possibly Pre-Greek, but compare φωλεός (phōleós, “lair, den”) (centaurs were said to live in caves).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pholus m sg (genitive Pholī); second declension
- (Greek mythology) A centaur, son of Silenus
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
References
- “Pholus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- Pholus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.