Alpheus

• Alphaeus
• Alpheius

From Ancient Greek Ἀλφειός (Alpheiós, literally “Whitish”).

• IPA^(key): /ælˈfiːəs/

Alpheus

1. (Greek mythology) A river in Hades.
2. (Greek mythology) The god/personification of the river Alpheus.
3. A male given name, of mostly historical usage.

• Alphēos
• Alphēius

View of the river

From Ancient Greek Ἀλφειός (Alpheiós).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /alˈpʰeː.us/, [aɫˈpʰeː.ʊs]

Alphēus m (genitive Alphēī); second declension

1. the chief river of Peloponnesus, which flows in the Ionian Sea in Elis

Second declension.

• Alpheus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Alpheus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Alpheius in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly