Ἄβυδος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

The name of the Egyptian city is borrowed from Egyptian
AbbDw
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(ꜣbḏw).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Ἄβῡδος (Ábūdosf (genitive Ἄβῡδου); second declension

  1. Abydos (an ancient city in Egypt) with archaeological interest.
  2. Abydos (An ancient city of Mysia in northwest Asia Minor in modern Turkey, on the Hellespont).

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: Άβυδος (Ávydos)
  • Latin: Abȳdus, Abidos, Aboedos

Further reading

  • Ἄβυδος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Ἄβυδος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Ἄβυδος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Ἄβυδος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 999