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Inopus
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Latin
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek Ἰ̄νωπός (Īnōpós).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [iːˈnoː.pʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [iˈnɔː.pus]
Proper noun
Īnōpus m sg (genitive Īnōpī); second declension
- a fountain and river on the island of Delos, where Leto brought forth Apollo and Artemis (It is said to have risen and fallen at the same time as the Nile, and hence was supposed to be connected with it by a subterranean channel.)
Declension
Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
References
- “Īnōpus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Inōpus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 825/2.
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