Oenus
English
Etymology
From Latin Oenūs, Ancient Greek Οἰνοῦς (Oinoûs).
Proper noun
Oenus
- A river in Laconia which flows into the Eurotas, now Kelefina
Anagrams
- no use, nouse, ouens
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Οἰνοῦς (Oinoûs).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈoe̯.nuːs/, [ˈoe̯nuːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈe.nus/, [ˈɛːnus]
Proper noun
Oenūs m sg (genitive Oenūntos); third declension
- The river Oenus, the modern Kelefina
- 201 BCE – 167 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita Libri, Book XXXIV, §28.1:
- Quinctius satis iam omnibus parātīs prōfectus ab statīvīs diē alterō ad Sellasiam super Oenūnta fluvium pervēnit, quō in locō Antigonus Macedonum rēx cum Cleomenē Lacedaemoniōrum tyrannō signīs conlātīs dīmicāsse dīcēbātur.
- Quinctius, when all his preparations were now sufficiently made, decamped; and, on the second day, came to Sellasia, on the river Oenus, on the spot where it is said Antigonus, king of Macedonia, fought a pitched battle with Cleomenes, tyrant of Lacedaemon.
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Declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Oenūs |
| Genitive | Oenūntos |
| Dative | Oenūntī |
| Accusative | Oenūnta |
| Ablative | Oenūnte |
| Vocative | Oenūs |
Derived terms
- English: Oenus
References
- “Oenus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press