Stymphalus

English

Etymology

From Latin Stymphālus, from Ancient Greek Στύμφᾱλος (Stúmphālos).

Proper noun

Stymphalus

1. (historical) An ancient town in Arcadia, in modern Greece, near modern Stymfalia.
2. (Greek mythology) Any of various mythological figures.

Related terms

• Stymphalian
• Stymphalian bird

Translations

town and district in Arcadia, ancient Greece

• French: Stymphale (fr)
• Greek: Στύμφαλος (el) m (Stýmfalos)

  Ancient Greek: Στύμφᾱλος m (Stúmphālos)

• Latin: Stymphālus
• Russian: Стимфа́л (Stimfál)

Latin

Alternative forms

• Stymphālos
• Stymphālum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Στύμφαλος (Stúmphalos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /stymˈpʰaː.lus/, [s̠t̪ʏmˈpʰäːɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /stimˈfa.lus/, [st̪imˈfäːlus]

Proper noun

Stymphālus m sg (genitive Stymphālī); second declension

1. A mountain, lake, and ancient town in Arcadia, in modern Greece

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Stymphālus
Genitive	Stymphālī
Dative	Stymphālō
Accusative	Stymphālum
Ablative	Stymphālō
Vocative	Stymphāle
Locative	Stymphālī

Related terms

• Stymphālicus
• Stymphālius
• Stymphālis

References

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