Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek πιθεύς (pitheús).

Noun edit

pitheus m (genitive pitheī); second declension

  1. (astronomy) A barrel-shaped comet

Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pitheus pitheī
Genitive pitheī pitheōrum
Dative pitheō pitheīs
Accusative pitheum pitheōs
Ablative pitheō pitheīs
Vocative pithee pitheī

References edit

  • pitheus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pitheus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.