Phaethonteus
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek Φᾰεθόντειος (Phaethónteios)
The poetic sense pertaining to poplars alludes to the Phaëthontiads (the sisters of Phaëthon), who, lamenting their brother’s death, were changed into poplars.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /pʰa.e.tʰonˈteː.us/, [pʰäɛt̪ʰɔn̪ˈt̪eːʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fa.e.tonˈte.us/, [fäet̪on̪ˈt̪ɛːus]
Adjective
editPhaëthontēus (feminine Phaëthontēa, neuter Phaëthontēum); first/second-declension adjective
- of or belonging to Phaëthon, Phaëthontean
- (poetic) of a poplar or poplars
- Phaethontea umbra
- shade of a poplar
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | Phaëthontēus | Phaëthontēa | Phaëthontēum | Phaëthontēī | Phaëthontēae | Phaëthontēa | |
Genitive | Phaëthontēī | Phaëthontēae | Phaëthontēī | Phaëthontēōrum | Phaëthontēārum | Phaëthontēōrum | |
Dative | Phaëthontēō | Phaëthontēō | Phaëthontēīs | ||||
Accusative | Phaëthontēum | Phaëthontēam | Phaëthontēum | Phaëthontēōs | Phaëthontēās | Phaëthontēa | |
Ablative | Phaëthontēō | Phaëthontēā | Phaëthontēō | Phaëthontēīs | |||
Vocative | Phaëthontēe | Phaëthontēa | Phaëthontēum | Phaëthontēī | Phaëthontēae | Phaëthontēa |
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- English: Phaëthontean
References
edit- “Phăĕthontēus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Phăĕthontēus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “1,170/1”
- “Phaëthontēus” on page 1,371/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- Phaethonteus in Ramminger, Johann (2024 August 5 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016