Pheneus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Pheneos
• Pheneum

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φενεός (Pheneós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰe.ne.us/, [ˈpʰɛneʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.ne.us/, [ˈfɛːneus]

Proper noun

Pheneus m sg (genitive Pheneī); second declension

1. A town of Arcadia, shut on every side by mountains

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Pheneus
Genitive	Pheneī
Dative	Pheneō
Accusative	Pheneum
Ablative	Pheneō
Vocative	Phenee
Locative	Pheneī

Related terms

• Pheneātae

References

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