English

Proper noun

Oenus

1. A river in Laconia which flows into the Eurotas, now Kelefina

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Οἰνοῦς ‎(Oinoûs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈoe̯.nuːs/

Proper noun

Oenūs m ‎(genitive Oenūntos); third declension

1. The river Oenus, the modern Kelefina
   • 201 BCE – 167 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita Libri, Book XXXIV, §28.1:

     Quinctius satis iam omnibus parātīs prōfectus ab statīvīs diē alterō ad Sellasiam super Oenūnta fluvium pervēnit, quō in locō Antigonus Macedonum rēx cum Cleomenē Lacedaemoniōrum tyrannō signīs conlātīs dīmicāsse dīcēbātur.

     Quinctius, when all his preparations were now sufficiently made, decamped; and, on the second day, came to Sellasia, on the river Oenus, on the spot where it is said Antigonus, king of Macedonia, fought a pitched battle with Cleomenes, tyrant of Lacedaemon.

Declension

Third declension, Greek type.

Derived terms

• English: Oenus

References

• Oenus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press