proper noun · masculinethird declension
Oenūs
Oenūs m sg (genitive Oenūntos)
Classical[ˈoe̯.nuːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈɛː.nus]
Meaning
- The river Oenus, the modern Kelefina
Quinctius satis iam omnibus parātīs prōfectus ab statīvīs diē alterō ad Sellasiam super Oenūnta fluvium pervēnit, quō in locō Antigonus Macedonum rēx cum Cleomenē Lacedaemoniōrum tyrannō signīs conlātīs dīmicāsse dīcēbātur.
Quinctius, when all his preparations were now sufficiently made, decamped; and, on the second day, came to Sellasia, on the river Oenus, on the spot where it is said Antigonus, king of Macedonia, fought a pitched battle with Cleomenes, tyrant of Lacedaemon.201 BCE – 167 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita Libri, Book XXXIV, §28.1:
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Oenūs | — |
| genitive | Oenūntos | — |
| dative | Oenūntī | — |
| accusative | Oenūnta | — |
| ablative | Oenūnte | — |
| vocative | Oenūs | — |
Oenūs, acc. -unta, m.,
I. a river in Laconia which flows into the Eurotas, now the Kelefina, Liv 34, 28, 1.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
oenus
(old form of unus), C. (lex).
Origins
From Ancient Greek Οἰνοῦς (Oinoûs).