Antinous

See also: Antinoüs

English

Alternative forms
  • Antinoos, Antinoös, Antinoüs

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Ἀντίνοος (Antínoos).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Antinous

  1. (historical) A Bithynian Greek youth and lover of Roman Emperor Hadrian.
  2. (historical, astronomy) A constellation created by the emperor Hadrian, now considered by astronomers to be a part of Aquila.

Translations

Noun

Antinous (plural Antinouses)

  1. A handsome young man.

Further reading

Anagrams

Latin
Antinous of Bithynia, portrait bust in Thasian marble, Hadrian age (AD 130-138 CE), found in Patras.

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Ἀντίνοος (Antínoos).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /anˈti.no.us/, [anˈtɪ.nɔ.ʊs]

Proper noun

Antinous m (genitive Antinoī); second declension

  1. Antinous (Emperor Hadrian’s lover)
  2. (astronomy) Antinous (astronomical constellation)

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular
Nominative Antinous
Genitive Antinoī
Dative Antinoō
Accusative Antinoum
Ablative Antinoō
Vocative Antinoe

Derived terms
  • Antinoōpolis

Further reading
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