pitheus

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek πιθεύς (pitheús).

Noun[edit]

pitheus m (genitive pitheī); second declension

  1. (astronomy) A barrel-shaped comet

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative pitheus pitheī
Genitive pitheī pitheōrum
Dative pitheō pitheīs
Accusative pitheum pitheōs
Ablative pitheō pitheīs
Vocative pithee pitheī

References[edit]

  • “pitheus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pitheus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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