Phaethonteus
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed 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[edit]
Phaëthontēus (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[edit]
First/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[edit]
Descendants[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 June 5 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016