Melanthius

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μελάνθιος (Melánthios).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /meˈlan.tʰi.us/, [mɛˈɫ̪än̪t̪ʰiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /meˈlan.ti.us/, [meˈlän̪t̪ius]

Proper noun

Melanthius m sg (genitive Melanthiī or Melanthī); second declension

1. A Greek painter
2. (Greek mythology) The disloyal goatherd of Ulysses
3. A small river on the coast of Pontus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Melanthius
Genitive	Melanthiī Melanthī1
Dative	Melanthiō
Accusative	Melanthium
Ablative	Melanthiō
Vocative	Melanthī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• Melanthius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Melanthius”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly