Granicus

From Latin Granicus, from Ancient Greek Γρανικός (Granikós).

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹəˈnaɪkəs/

Granicus

1. A river in northwestern Anatolia, where Alexander the Great defeated the forces of the Persian Empire under Darius III

From Ancient Greek Γρανικός (Granikós).

View of the river

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡraː.ni.kus/, [ˈɡräːnɪkʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡra.ni.kus/, [ˈɡräːnikus]

Grānicus m sg (genitive Grānicī); second declension

1. An important river in Troas, now the Biga Çayı

Second-declension noun, singular only.

• Granicus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• “Granicus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly