Cephisus

Latin

Alternative forms
  • Cēphissus

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κηφῑσός (Kēphīsós).

View of the river in Boeotia

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /keːˈpʰiː.sus/, [keːˈpʰiː.sʊs]

Proper noun

Cēphīsus m (genitive Cēphīsī); second declension

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

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular
Nominative Cēphīsus
Genitive Cēphīsī
Dative Cēphīsō
Accusative Cēphīsum
Ablative Cēphīsō
Vocative Cēphīse
  • 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
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