Phaethonteus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Phaëthontaeus (New Latin)

Etymology

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

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pʰa.e.tʰonˈteː.us/, [pʰäɛt̪ʰɔn̪ˈt̪eːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fa.e.tonˈte.us/, [fäet̪on̪ˈt̪ɛːus]

Adjective

Phaëthontēus (feminine Phaëthontēa, neuter Phaëthontēum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or belonging to Phaëthon, Phaëthontean
2. (poetic) of a poplar or poplars

   Phaethontea umbra

   shade of a poplar

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
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

• Phaëthōn
• Phaëthontias
• Phaëthontis
• Phaëthontius
• Phaëthūsa

Descendants

• English: Phaëthontean

References

• “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 April 27 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016