Helorus

Latin

View of the river

Alternative forms

• Elōrus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἕλωρος (Hélōros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /heˈloː.rus/, [hɛˈɫ̪oːrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈlo.rus/, [eˈlɔːrus]

Proper noun

Helōrus m sg (genitive Helōrī); second declension

1. A river in Sicily, which flows into the sea between Syracusae and Pachynus, now the river Tellaro

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Helōrus
Genitive	Helōrī
Dative	Helōrō
Accusative	Helōrum
Ablative	Helōrō
Vocative	Helōre

Related terms

• Helōria Tempē

References

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