"Atreus" meaning in Latin

See Atreus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [ˈa.trɛu̯s] [Classical-Latin], [ˈaː.treu̯s] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: Atreī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Atreus [nominative, singular], Atreī [genitive, singular], Atreō [dative, singular], Atreum [accusative, singular], Atreō [ablative, singular], Atree [singular, vocative]
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  1. (Greek mythology) Atreus (a mythological king of Mycenae and son of Pelops and Hippodamia) Tags: Greek, declension-2, masculine, singular
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