Halicarnasseus

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἁλικαρνασσεύς (Halikarnasseús), or alternatively from Halicarnāssus + -eus

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Halicarnāsseus (feminine Halicarnāssea, neuter Halicarnāsseum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Halicarnassian (inhabitant of Halicarnassus, of which Herodotus is the most famous)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

References

  • Theseus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Halicarnasseus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.