Eumaeus

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Εὔμαιος (Eúmaios). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛu̯ˈmae̯.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eu̯ˈmɛː.us] === Proper noun === Eumaeus m sg (genitive Eumaeī); second declension (Greek mythology) The loyal swineherd of Ulysses ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== Italian: Eumeo === References === “Eumaeus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray “Eumaeus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.