Ismenus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰσμηνός (Ismēnós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /isˈmeː.nus/, [ɪs̠ˈmeːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /isˈme.nus/, [izˈmɛːnus]

Proper noun

Ismēnus m sg (genitive Ismēnī); second declension

1. A river of Boeotia, flowing near the city of Thebae

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ismēnus
Genitive	Ismēnī
Dative	Ismēnō
Accusative	Ismēnum
Ablative	Ismēnō
Vocative	Ismēne

Related terms

• Ismēnius
• Ismēnis

References

• “Ismenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Ismenus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Ismenus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly