Haemus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Haemus, from Ancient Greek Αἷμος (Haîmos).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhiːməs/

Proper noun

Haemus

  1. (Greek mythology) a king of Thrace, the son of Boreas, who was vain and haughty and compared himself and his wife to Zeus and Hera

Translations

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

  • Aemus
  • Haemos

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Αἷμος (Haîmos).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Haemus m sg (genitive Haemī); second declension

  1. (Greek mythology) a king of Thrace, the son of Boreas, who was vain and haughty and compared himself and his wife to Zeus and Hera
  2. A large range of mountains in the north of Thrace
  3. The Balkans

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Haemus
Genitive Haemī
Dative Haemō
Accusative Haemum
Ablative Haemō
Vocative Haeme

References

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