Pleistus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πλειστός (Pleistós).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpliːs.tus/, [ˈplʲiːs̠t̪ʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈplis.tus/, [ˈplist̪us]

Proper noun

Pleistus m sg (genitive Pleistī); second declension

A river of Greece rising in the Mount Parnassus and flowing into the Gulf of Corinthus near Cirrha

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Pleistus
Genitive	Pleistī
Dative	Pleistō
Accusative	Pleistum
Ablative	Pleistō
Vocative	Pleiste

References

“Pleistus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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