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English
Proper noun
Epidaurus
- An ancient town on the Argolid Peninsula, Greece, famous for its theatre.
- A modern municipality of Argolis, Peloponnese administrative region, Greece.
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐπίδαυρος (Epídauros).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Epidaurus m sg (genitive Epidaurī); second declension
- Epidaurus (an ancient town on the Argolid Peninsula, Greece, famous for its theatre)
- Epidaurus (a modern municipality of Argolis, Peloponnese administrative region, Greece)
- Epidaurus, Epidaurum (an ancient city in Dalmatia, in modern Croatia; modern Cavtat)
- Epidauros, Epetium (an ancient village in Dalmatia, in modern Croatia; modern Stobreč)
Declension
Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “Epidaurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Ĕpĭdaurum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Epidaurus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Epidaurum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.