Haemus
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin Haemus, from Ancient Greek Αἷμος (Haîmos).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editHaemus
- (Greek mythology) a king of Thrace, the son of Boreas, who was vain and haughty and compared himself and his wife to Zeus and Hera
Translations
editking of Thrace
Anagrams
editLatin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek Αἷμος (Haîmos).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈhae̯.mus/, [ˈhäe̯mʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.mus/, [ˈɛːmus]
Proper noun
editHaemus m sg (genitive Haemī); second declension
- (Greek mythology) a king of Thrace, the son of Boreas, who was vain and haughty and compared himself and his wife to Zeus and Hera
- A large range of mountains in the north of Thrace
- The Balkans
Declension
editSecond-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Haemus |
Genitive | Haemī |
Dative | Haemō |
Accusative | Haemum |
Ablative | Haemō |
Vocative | Haeme |
References
edit- “Haemus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Haemus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Haemus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Greek mythology
- en:Mythological figures
- Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin proper nouns
- Latin second declension nouns
- Latin masculine nouns in the second declension
- Latin masculine nouns
- la:Greek mythology
- la:Mountains