Capaneus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Καπανεύς (Kapaneús).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kaˈpa.ne.us/, [käˈpäneʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈpa.ne.us/, [käˈpäːneus]

Proper noun

Capaneus m sg (genitive Capaneī); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) One of the seven warriors who marched from Argos against Thebes

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Capaneus
Genitive	Capaneī
Dative	Capaneō
Accusative	Capaneum
Ablative	Capaneō
Vocative	Capanee

Derived terms

• Capanēius

References

• “Capaneus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Capaneus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• Capaneus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.