Hellespontus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἑλλήσποντος (Hellḗspontos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [hɛl.leːsˈpɔn.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [el.lesˈpɔn.tus]

Proper noun

Hellēspontus m (genitive Hellēspontī); second declension

1. Hellespont

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	Hellēspontus	Hellēspontī
genitive	Hellēspontī	Hellēspontōrum
dative	Hellēspontō	Hellēspontīs
accusative	Hellēspontum	Hellēspontōs
ablative	Hellēspontō	Hellēspontīs
vocative	Hellēsponte	Hellēspontī

Descendants

• English: Hellespont

References

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