Padus

Latin

The Po along the city of Turin.

Etymology

From Ligurian Bodincus (“bottomless”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn. The name could have been borrowed through Ancient Greek Πάδος (Pádos).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpa.dus/, [ˈpa.dʊs]

Proper noun

Padus m (genitive Padī); second declension

  1. the River Po

Declension

Second declension, with locative.

Case Singular
nominative Padus
genitive Padī
dative Padō
accusative Padum
ablative Padō
vocative Pade
locative Padī

Synonyms

  • (the River Po): Ēridanus (mythology, poetry)

Derived terms

  • Padānus
  • Padāneus

References

  • Padus in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Pădus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Padus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Pădus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 1,101/2
  • “Padus¹” on page 1,281/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
  1. ↑ Keiler, Allan (1971): A reader in historical and comparative linguistics, p. 21
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