Symaethus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Symaethum

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σύμαιθος (Súmaithos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /syˈmae̯.tʰus/, [s̠ʏˈmäe̯t̪ʰʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /siˈme.tus/, [siˈmɛːt̪us]

View of the river

Proper noun

Symaethus m sg (genitive Symaethī); second declension

1. One of the most considerable rivers in Sicily, which flows into the sea near Catana, now the river Simeto

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Symaethus
Genitive	Symaethī
Dative	Symaethō
Accusative	Symaethum
Ablative	Symaethō
Vocative	Symaethe

Related terms

• Symaethēus
• Symaethis
• Symaethius

References

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