Admetus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄδμητος (Ádmētos).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /adˈmeː.tus/, [äd̪ˈmeːt̪ʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /adˈme.tus/, [äd̪ˈmɛːt̪us]

Proper noun

Admētus m sg (genitive Admētī); second declension

(Greek mythology) A king of Pherae in Thessaly and one of the Argonauts

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Admētus
Genitive	Admētī
Dative	Admētō
Accusative	Admētum
Ablative	Admētō
Vocative	Admēte

References

“Admetus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
Admetus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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