Cephisus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Cēphissus

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κηφῑσός (Kēphīsós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [keːˈpʰiː.sʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃeˈfiː.s̬us]

Proper noun

Cēphīsus m sg (genitive Cēphīsī); second declension

1. A river of Boeotia
2. A river of Attica
3. A river of Argolis

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Cēphīsus
genitive	Cēphīsī
dative	Cēphīsō
accusative	Cēphīsum
ablative	Cēphīsō
vocative	Cēphīse

Related terms

• Cēphīsius
• Cēphīsis

References

• “Cephisus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Cephissus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• “Cephisus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.