Cephisus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Cēphissus

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κηφῑσός (Kēphīsós).

View of the river in Boeotia

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /keːˈpʰiː.sus/, [keːˈpʰiːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃeˈfi.sus/, [t͡ʃeˈfiːs̬us]

Proper noun

Cēphīsus m sg (genitive Cēphīsī); second declension

1. A river of Boeotia
2. A river of Attica
3. A river of Argolis

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cēphīsus
Genitive	Cēphīsī
Dative	Cēphīsō
Accusative	Cēphīsum
Ablative	Cēphīsō
Vocative	Cēphīse

Related terms

• Cēphīsius
• Cēphīsis

References

• “Cephisus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Cephissus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Cephisus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.