Hyrieus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin Hyrieus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɪriˌuːs/ === Proper noun === Hyrieus (Greek mythology) A Boeotian man (a king or, sometimes, a peasant) who was the father of the giant huntsman Orion. == Latin == === Etymology 1 === From Ancient Greek Ὑριεύς (Hurieús). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈhy.ri.ɛu̯s] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈiː.ri.eu̯s] ==== Proper noun ==== Hyrieus m sg (genitive Hyrieī or Hyrieos); second declension Hyrieus (legendary Boeotian who sired the giant Orion). c. 1st century BCE or CE, Hyginus mythographus, Fabulae CXCV. ORION: c. 1st century BCE or CE, Hyginus mythographus, De Astronomia II.XXXIV: ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun, singular only. ===== Related terms ===== Hyriē Ōrīōn === Etymology 2 === Equivalent to Hyrieus +‎ -ius, as if from Ancient Greek *Ὑριεῖος (*Hurieîos). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [hy.riˈeː.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [i.riˈɛː.us] ==== Adjective ==== Hyriēus (feminine Hyriēa, neuter Hyriēum); first/second-declension adjective Of or belonging to Hyrieus. ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. === References === “Hyrĭeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Hyrieūs”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 762, column 2.