proper noun · masculinesecond declension
Melanthius
Melanthius m sg (genitive Melanthiī or Melanthī)
Classical[mɛˈɫan.tʰi.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[meˈlan.ti.us]
Meaning
- masculinesingularA Greek painter
- GreekmasculinesingularThe disloyal goatherd of Ulysses
- masculinesingularA small river on the coast of Pontus
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Melanthius | — |
| genitive | Melanthiī Melanthī | — |
| dative | Melanthiō | — |
| accusative | Melanthium | — |
| ablative | Melanthiō | — |
| vocative | Melanthī | — |
Mĕlanthĭus, ii, m., = Μελάνθιος.
I. A goatherd of Ulysses, Ov. H. 1, 95.—
II. A celebrated painter, Plin. 35, 7, 32, § 50; 35, 10, 36, § 76.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μελάνθιος (Melánthios).
In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries
Biography & mythologyMelanthiusMelanthius (Μελάνθιος), an Athenian tragic poet, who seems to have been of some distinction in his day, but of whom little is now known beyond the att…GeographyMelanthiusMelanthius (Μελάνθιος), a small river on the north coast of Pontus, forming the boundary between Pontus Polemoniacus and Cappadocius, and flowing into…