Galaesus

Latin

View of the river

Alternative forms

• Galēsus

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Γαλαῖσος (Galaîsos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈlae̯.sus/, [ɡäˈɫ̪äe̯s̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈle.sus/, [ɡäˈlɛːs̬us]

Proper noun

Galaesus m sg (genitive Galaesī); second declension

1. A river of Apulia flowing near Tarentum, now called Galaso

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Galaesus
Genitive	Galaesī
Dative	Galaesō
Accusative	Galaesum
Ablative	Galaesō
Vocative	Galaese

References

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