Antinous

See also: Antinoüs

English

Alternative forms

  • Antinoos, Antinoös, Antinoüs

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Ἀντίνοος (Antínoos).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Antinous

  1. (history) A Bithynian Greek youth and lover of Roman Emperor Hadrian.
  2. (history, astronomy) A constellation created by the emperor Hadrian, now considered by astronomers to be a part of Aquila.

Translations

Noun

Antinous (plural Antinouses)

  1. A handsome young man.

Further reading

Anagrams

Latin

Antinous of Bithynia, portrait bust in Thasian marble, Hadrian age (AD 130-138 CE), found in Patras.

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Ἀντίνοος (Antínoos).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Antinous m sg (genitive Antinoī); second declension

  1. Antinous (Emperor Hadrian’s lover)
  2. (astronomy) Antinous (astronomical constellation)

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Antinous
Genitive Antinoī
Dative Antinoō
Accusative Antinoum
Ablative Antinoō
Vocative Antinoe

Derived terms

  • Antinoōpolis

Further reading

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