Alpheus
English
    
    Alternative forms
    
- Alphaeus
- Alpheius
Etymology
    
From Ancient Greek Ἀλφειός (Alpheiós, literally “Whitish”).
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ælˈfiːəs/
Proper noun
    
Alpheus
- (Greek mythology) A river in Hades.
- (Greek mythology) The god/personification of the river Alpheus.
- A male given name, of mostly historical usage.
Anagrams
    
Latin
    
    Alternative forms
    
- Alphēos
- Alphēius

View of the river
Etymology
    
From Ancient Greek Ἀλφειός (Alpheiós).
Pronunciation
    
- (Classical) IPA(key): /alˈpʰeː.us/, [äɫ̪ˈpʰeːʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /alˈfe.us/, [älˈfɛːus]
Proper noun
    
Alphēus m sg (genitive Alphēī); second declension
- the chief river of Peloponnesus, which flows in the Ionian Sea in Elis
Declension
    
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular | 
|---|---|
| Nominative | Alphēus | 
| Genitive | Alphēī | 
| Dative | Alphēō | 
| Accusative | Alphēum | 
| Ablative | Alphēō | 
| Vocative | Alphēe | 
References
    
- “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
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