Alpheus

== Translingual == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Proper noun === Alpheus m A taxonomic genus within the family Alpheidae – certain snapping shrimps. === References === Alpheus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Alpheus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Alpheus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons == English == === Alternative forms === Alfeios Alphaeus Alpheius === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ἀλφειός (Alpheiós, literally “whitish”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ælˈfiːəs/ Rhymes: -iːəs === Proper noun === Alpheus (Greek mythology) A river in Hades. (Greek mythology) The god or personification of the river Alpheus. A male given name, of mostly historical usage. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === heals up == Latin == === Alternative forms === Alphēos Alphēius === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Ἀλφειός (Alpheiós). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aɫˈpʰeː.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [alˈfɛː.us] === Proper noun === Alphēus m sg (genitive Alphēī); second declension Alfeios (a river in Peloponnesus, Greece), which flows in the Ionian Sea in Elis ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. === 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