Talk:Proteus

RFV discussion: April 2022
Latin. For voc. sg. --學者三 (talk) 14:39, 18 April 2022 (UTC)


 * More in general, I'd expect this to be a third-declension noun, like . The vocative Proteu is seen in Vergil’s Georgics, verse 4.447. See also the genitive Proteos in ’s epithalamium for Honorius and Maria (poem 10). --Lambiam 19:56, 18 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Perse͡us (Gen. Persei, Dat. & Abl. Perseo, Acc. Perseum) is 2nd declension (from Greek). Proteus should be similar and with voc. Proteu instead of Protee. Georges states: "griech. Genet. -eos, Lucan. 10, 511. Iul. Val. 1, 27 (31): Akk. eum, Hygin. fab. 170 in.: Akk. ea, Ov. am. 3, 2, 35; met. 2, 9. Stat. silv. 1, 2, 129; Ach. 1, 32. Licent. poët. in Augustin. epist. 26, 3. Iul. Val. 1, 27 (31): Vok. Proteu, Ov. met. 8, 731.", i.e. with expected voc. Proteu and additional 3rd decl. gen. Proteos and acc. Protea. (3rd decl. dat. Protei isn't mentioned.) --學者三 (talk) 22:08, 18 April 2022 (UTC)
 * is third declension. We list as 3rd (Greek-type, normal variant) or 2nd.  --Lambiam 09:20, 19 April 2022 (UTC)