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]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fa.e.tonˈte.us/, [fäet̪on̪ˈt̪ɛːus]
Adjective
Phaëthontēus (feminine Phaëthontēa, neuter Phaëthontēum); first/second-declension adjective
- of or belonging to Phaëthon, Phaëthontean
- (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 (accessed 19.03.06) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016