Alpheus

Alpheus

English

Alternative forms

• Alphaeus
• Alpheius

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀλφειός (Alpheiós, literally “Whitish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ælˈfiːəs/

Proper noun

Alpheus

1. (Greek mythology) A river in Hades.
2. (Greek mythology) The god/personification of the river Alpheus.
3. A male given name, of mostly historical usage.

Translations

river in Hades

Greek: Αλφειός m (Alfeiós)

Portuguese: Alfeu m

god of the river Alpheus

Greek: Αλφειός m (Alfeiós) Ancient Greek: Ἀλφειός m (Alpheiós)

male given name

Portuguese: Alfeu m

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Latin

Alternative forms

• Alphēos
• Alphēius

View of the river

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀλφειός (Alpheiós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /alˈpʰeː.us/, [aɫˈpʰeː.ʊs]

Proper noun

Alphēus m (genitive Alphēī); second declension

1. the chief river of Peloponnesus, which flows in the Ionian Sea in Elis

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Alphēus
Genitive	Alphēī
Dative	Alphēō
Accusative	Alphēum
Ablative	Alphēō
Vocative	Alphēe

References

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