Abderus

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄβδηρος (Ábdēros). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [abˈdeː.rʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [abˈdɛː.rus] === Proper noun === Abdērus m sg (genitive Abdērī); second declension (Greek mythology) A divine hero and one of the lovers of Heracles ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. === References === “Abderus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray