Melpis

Latin

Alternative forms

• Melfis

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmel.pis/, [ˈmɛɫ̪pɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmel.pis/, [ˈmɛlpis]

View of the river

Proper noun

Melpis m sg (genitive Melpis); third declension

1. A small river of Latium falling into the Liris, now Melfa

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Melpis
genitive	Melpis
dative	Melpī
accusative	Melpem
ablative	Melpe
vocative	Melpis

Descendants

• Italian: Melfa

References

• “Melpis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly