Spercheus

Latin

View of the river

Alternative forms

• Sperchīus
• Sperchēos

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σπερχειός (Sperkheiós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /sperˈkʰeː.us/, [s̠pɛrˈkʰeːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sperˈke.us/, [sperˈkɛːus]

Proper noun

Sperchēus m sg (genitive Sperchēī); second declension

1. A river of Thessaly

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Sperchēus
Genitive	Sperchēī
Dative	Sperchēō
Accusative	Sperchēum
Ablative	Sperchēō
Vocative	Sperchēe

Related terms

• Sperchiae
• Sperchēis
• Sperchīonides

References

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