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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Δώριον (Dṓrion).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Dōrium n sg (genitive Dōriī or Dōrī); second declension
- a town of Messenia, situated on the road from Andania to Cyparissia
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- Dorion in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Dorium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly