Pephnus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πέφνος (Péphnos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpepʰ.nus/, [ˈpɛpʰnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpef.nus/, [ˈpɛfnus]

Proper noun

Pephnus m sg (genitive Pephnī); second declension

1. A town of Laconia, on the eastern coast of the gulf of Messenia

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Pephnus
Genitive	Pephnī
Dative	Pephnō
Accusative	Pephnum
Ablative	Pephnō
Vocative	Pephne
Locative	Pephnī

References

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