Spercheus

Latin
View of the river

Alternative forms
  • Sperchīus
  • Sperchēos

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σπερχειός (Sperkheiós).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /sperˈkʰeː.us/, [s̠pɛrˈkʰeːʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sperˈke.us/, [sperˈkɛːus]

Proper noun

Sperchēus m sg (genitive Sperchēī); second declension

  1. A river of Thessaly

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Sperchēus
Genitive Sperchēī
Dative Sperchēō
Accusative Sperchēum
Ablative Sperchēō
Vocative Sperchēe

References
  • “Spercheos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Spercheos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • “Spercheius”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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