Anapus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Anāpis

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἄναπος (Ánapos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.na.pus/, [ˈänäpʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.na.pus/, [ˈäːnäpus]

View of the river

Proper noun

Anapus m sg (genitive Anapī); second declension

1. One of the most considerable rivers in Sicily, which flows into the great harbour of Syracusae, now the river Anapo

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Anapus
Genitive	Anapī
Dative	Anapō
Accusative	Anapum
Ablative	Anapō
Vocative	Anape

Descendants

• Italian: Anapo
• Sicilian: Ànapu

References

• Anapus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Anapus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly