Peloponnesus

English

Etymology

From Latin Peloponnesus, from Ancient Greek Πελοπόννησος (Pelopónnēsos), q.v.

Proper noun

Peloponnesus

1. Synonym of Peloponnese, a peninsula in Greece.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πελοπόννησος (Pelopónnēsos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pe.lo.ponˈneː.sus/, [pɛɫ̪ɔpɔnˈneːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pe.lo.ponˈne.sus/, [peloponˈnɛːs̬us]

Proper noun

Peloponnēsus f sg (genitive Peloponnēsī); second declension

1. The Peloponnese.

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Peloponnēsus
Genitive	Peloponnēsī
Dative	Peloponnēsō
Accusative	Peloponnēsum
Ablative	Peloponnēsō
Vocative	Peloponnēse

Derived terms

• Peloponnēsius (learned borrowing from Πελοποννήσιος (Peloponnḗsios))

References

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