Melanthius

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μελάνθιος (Melánthios).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /meˈlan.tʰi.us/, [mɛˈɫ̪än̪t̪ʰiʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /meˈlan.ti.us/, [meˈlän̪t̪ius]

Proper noun

Melanthius m sg (genitive Melanthiī or Melanthī); second declension

  1. A Greek painter
  2. (Greek mythology) The disloyal goatherd of Ulysses
  3. A small river on the coast of Pontus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Melanthius
Genitive Melanthiī
Melanthī1
Dative Melanthiō
Accusative Melanthium
Ablative Melanthiō
Vocative Melanthī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

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