Pactolus

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pækˈtəʊləs/
  • Hyphenation: Pac‧to‧lus

Proper noun

Pactolus

  1. A river, formerly an important feature of ancient Lydia and said to contain gold; now rising and emptying in modern Turkey.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πακτωλός (Paktōlós).

View of the river

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /pakˈtoː.lus/, [päkˈt̪oːɫ̪ʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pakˈto.lus/, [päkˈt̪ɔːlus]

Proper noun

Pactōlus m sg (genitive Pactōlī); second declension

  1. Pactolus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Pactōlus
Genitive Pactōlī
Dative Pactōlō
Accusative Pactōlum
Ablative Pactōlō
Vocative Pactōle

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