Alpheus

English

Alternative forms

• Alphaeus
• Alpheius

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀλφειός (Alpheiós, literally “Whitish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ælˈfiːəs/

Proper noun

Alpheus

1. (Greek mythology) A river in Hades.
2. (Greek mythology) The god/personification of the river Alpheus.
3. A male given name, of mostly historical usage.

Translations

river in Hades

• Greek: Αλφειός (el) m (Alfeiós)
• Portuguese: Alfeu m
• Russian: Алфе́й (ru) m (Alféj)

god of the river Alpheus

• Greek: Αλφειός (el) m (Alfeiós)

  Ancient Greek: Ἀλφειός m (Alpheiós)

• Russian: Алфе́й (ru) m (Alféj)

male given name

• Italian: Alfeo (it) m
• Polish: Alfeusz (pl) m
• Portuguese: Alfeu m

Anagrams

• heals up

Latin

Alternative forms

• Alphēos
• Alphēius

View of the river

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀλφειός (Alpheiós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /alˈpʰeː.us/, [äɫ̪ˈpʰeːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /alˈfe.us/, [älˈfɛːus]

Proper noun

Alphēus m sg (genitive Alphēī); second declension

1. Alfeios (a river in Peloponnesus, Greece), which flows in the Ionian Sea in Elis

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Alphēus
Genitive	Alphēī
Dative	Alphēō
Accusative	Alphēum
Ablative	Alphēō
Vocative	Alphēe

References

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