Λάδων
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lá.dɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈla.don/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈla.ðon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈla.ðon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈla.ðon/
Proper noun
Λᾰ́δων • (Ládōn) m (genitive Λᾰ́δωνος); third declension
- Ladon (river), Arcadia, Greece
- (Greek mythology) the god of this river and father of Daphne
- Ladon, a serpent-like mythological dragon
Inflection
Derived terms
- λᾰδωνῐ́ς (ladōnís)
Descendants
Further reading
- Λάδων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette