Phaethonteus

Latin

Alternative forms

Phaëthontaeus (New Latin)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φᾰεθόντειος (Phaethónteios)
The poetic sense pertaining to poplars alludes to the Phaëthontiads (the sisters of Phaëthon), who, lamenting their brother’s death, were changed into poplars.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /pʰa.e.tʰonˈteː.us/, [pʰäɛt̪ʰɔn̪ˈt̪eːʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fa.e.tonˈte.us/, [fäet̪on̪ˈt̪ɛːus]

Adjective

Phaëthontēus (feminine Phaëthontēa, neuter Phaëthontēum); first/second-declension adjective

of or belonging to Phaëthon, Phaëthontean
(poetic) of a poplar or poplars
Phaethontea umbra
shade of a poplar

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
Nominative	Phaëthontēus	Phaëthontēa	Phaëthontēum	Phaëthontēī	Phaëthontēae	Phaëthontēa
Genitive	Phaëthontēī	Phaëthontēae	Phaëthontēī	Phaëthontēōrum	Phaëthontēārum	Phaëthontēōrum
Dative	Phaëthontēō	Phaëthontēae	Phaëthontēō	Phaëthontēīs
Accusative	Phaëthontēum	Phaëthontēam	Phaëthontēum	Phaëthontēōs	Phaëthontēās	Phaëthontēa
Ablative	Phaëthontēō	Phaëthontēā	Phaëthontēō	Phaëthontēīs
Vocative	Phaëthontēe	Phaëthontēa	Phaëthontēum	Phaëthontēī	Phaëthontēae	Phaëthontēa

Related terms

Phaëthōn
Phaëthontias
Phaëthontis
Phaëthontius
Phaëthūsa

Descendants

English: Phaëthontean

References

“Phăĕthontēus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Phăĕthontēus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.: “1,170/1”
“Phaëthontēus” on page 1,371/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Phaethonteus in Ramminger, Johann (2024 May 8 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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