Phaethonteus
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φᾰεθόντειος (Phaethónteios)
The poetic sense pertaining to poplars alludes to the Phaëthontiads (the sisters of Phaëthon), who, lamenting their brother’s death, were changed into poplars.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pʰa.e.tʰonˈteː.us/, [pʰäɛt̪ʰɔn̪ˈt̪eːʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fa.e.tonˈte.us/, [fäet̪on̪ˈt̪ɛːus]
Adjective edit
Phaëthontēus (feminine Phaëthontēa, neuter Phaëthontēum); first/second-declension adjective
- of or belonging to Phaëthon, Phaëthontean
- (poetic) of a poplar or poplars
- Phaethontea umbra
- shade of a poplar
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | Phaëthontēus | Phaëthontēa | Phaëthontēum | Phaëthontēī | Phaëthontēae | Phaëthontēa | |
Genitive | Phaëthontēī | Phaëthontēae | Phaëthontēī | Phaëthontēōrum | Phaëthontēārum | Phaëthontēōrum | |
Dative | Phaëthontēō | Phaëthontēō | Phaëthontēīs | ||||
Accusative | Phaëthontēum | Phaëthontēam | Phaëthontēum | Phaëthontēōs | Phaëthontēās | Phaëthontēa | |
Ablative | Phaëthontēō | Phaëthontēā | Phaëthontēō | Phaëthontēīs | |||
Vocative | Phaëthontēe | Phaëthontēa | Phaëthontēum | Phaëthontēī | Phaëthontēae | Phaëthontēa |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- English: Phaëthontean
References edit
- “Phăĕthontēus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Phăĕthontēus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.: “1,170/1”
- “Phaëthontēus” on page 1,371/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- Phaethonteus in Ramminger, Johann (2024 May 24 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016