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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἄδραστος (Ádrastos).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Adrāstus m sg (genitive Adrāstī); second declension
- (Greek mythology) king of Argos, Adrastus
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
References
- “Adrastus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Adrastus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.