Typhoeus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τυφωεύς (Tuphōeús).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /tyˈpʰoː.eu̯s/, [t̪ʏˈpʰoːɛu̯s̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tiˈfo.eu̯s/, [t̪iˈfɔːeu̯s]

Proper noun

Typhōe͡us m sg (genitive Typhōeōs); third declension

Typhoeus, a giant killed by Zeus and buried underneath Mount Aetna

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Typhōeus
Genitive	Typhōeōs
Dative	Typhōeī
Accusative	Typhōea
Ablative	Typhōee
Vocative	Typhōeus

References

“Typhoeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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