Pelorus

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πέλωρος (Pélōros). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɛˈɫoː.rʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [peˈlɔː.rus] === Proper noun === Pelōrus m sg (genitive Pelōrī); second declension a promontory in the island of Sicily, modern Italy, forming the north eastern point of the whole island ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. ==== See also ==== Lilybaeum Pachȳnus === References === “Pelorus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly “Pelorus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.