Padus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Ligurian Bodincus, Bodencus (“bottomless”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn. The name could have been borrowed through Ancient Greek Πάδος (Pádos).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpa.dus/, [ˈpa.dʊs]
Declension
Second declension, with locative.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Padus |
Genitive | Padī |
Dative | Padō |
Accusative | Padum |
Ablative | Padō |
Vocative | Pade |
Locative | Padī |
Synonyms
- (the River Po): Ēridanus (mythology, poetry)
Derived terms
- Padānus
- Padāneus
References
- Padus in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Pădus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Padus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Pădus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1,101/2
- “Padus¹” on page 1,281/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- Keiler, Allan (1971): A reader in historical and comparative linguistics, p. 21
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