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Phineus
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English
Etymology
en la Phineus, from en grc Φινεύς.
Proper noun
en Greek mythology Name of several characters in Greek mythology:
en Q641065 A king of Salmydessus, Thrace.
en Q1471454 A son of Belus, brother of Cepheus
Translations
name of several characters in Greek mythology
French: fr Phinée m
Latin
Etymology
la Phīneus :bor grc:Φινεύς + 1
Pronunciation
Phīne_us
Proper noun
Phīneus<2> Phīne͡us
la Phineus Q641065
la Phineus Q1471454
la Ovid Metamorphoses 5 230 234 Dīxit et in partem Phorcȳnida trānstulit illam,ad quam sē trepidō Phīneus obverterat ōre.Tunc quoque cōnantī sua vertere lūmina cervīxdēriguit, saxōque oculōrum indūruit ūmor. He spoke, and moved Medusa to that sidewhere Phineus had turned his trembling face:and as he struggled to avert his gazehis neck grew stiff; the moisture of his eyeswas hardened into stone. (Brookes Moore, Ed. 1922)
Declension
((Phīneus<2>,Phīneus/Phīne<3.Greek>))
Descendants
en Phineus 1
fr Phinée
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