proper noun · masculinesecond declension
Achelōus
Achelōus m sg (genitive Achelōī)
Classical[a.kʰɛˈɫoː.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[a.keˈlɔː.us]
Meaning
- a river in Greece, forming the boundary between Acarnania and Aetolia.
- Achelous, a Greek river god
Adnuit Aegides, “utar” que “Acheloe, domoque / consilioque tuo” respondit; et usus utroque est.
Theseus approved, and responded "I will use, Achelous, [your] home and [your] advice"; and [there] is a use of both.8 CE, Ovidius, Metamorphoses 8.560
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Achelōus | — |
| genitive | Achelōī | — |
| dative | Achelōō | — |
| accusative | Achelōum | — |
| ablative | Achelōō | — |
| vocative | Achelōe | — |
Ăchĕlōŭs, i, m., Ἀχελῶος.
I. A celebrated river of Middle Greece, which, rising in Pindus, separates Aetolia from Acarnania, and empties into the Ionian Sea, now the Aspropotamo, Mel. 2, 3, 10; Plin. 4, 1, 2 al.—Hence,
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀχελῷος (Akhelōîos).
In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries
GeographyAchelousAchelous (Ἀχελῷος, Epic Ἀχελώϊος). 1. (Aspropotamo), the largest and most celebrated river in Greece, rose in Mount Pindus, and after flowing through …Biography & mythologyAchelousAchelous (Ἀχελῷος), the god of the river Achelous which was the greatest, and according to tradition, the most ancient among the rivers of Greece. He …