Halicarnasseus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἁλικαρνασσεύς (Halikarnasseús), or alternatively from Halicarnāssus + -eus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ha.li.karˈnaːs.seu̯s/, [hälʲɪkärˈnäːs̠ːɛu̯s̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.li.karˈnas.seu̯s/, [älikärˈnäsːeu̯s]

Proper noun

Halicarnāsseus (feminine Halicarnāssea, neuter Halicarnāsseum); first/second-declension adjective

1. Halicarnassian (inhabitant of Halicarnassus, of which Herodotus is the most famous)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	Halicarnāsse͡us	Halicarnāssea	Halicarnāsseum		Halicarnāsseī	Halicarnāsseae	Halicarnāssea
Genitive	Halicarnāsseī Halicarnāsseōs	Halicarnāsseae	Halicarnāsseī		Halicarnāsseōrum	Halicarnāsseārum	Halicarnāsseōrum
Dative	Halicarnāsseō		Halicarnāsseō		Halicarnāsseīs
Accusative	Halicarnāsse͡um Halicarnāsseā	Halicarnāsseam	Halicarnāsseum		Halicarnāsseōs	Halicarnāsseās	Halicarnāssea
Ablative	Halicarnāsseō	Halicarnāsseā	Halicarnāsseō		Halicarnāsseīs
Vocative	Halicarnāsse͡u	Halicarnāssea	Halicarnāsseum		Halicarnāsseī	Halicarnāsseae	Halicarnāssea

References

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