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English
Etymology
From Latin Hydruntum, from Ancient Greek Ὑδροῦς (Hudroûs), from the combining form of ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + -οῦς (-oûs, “-ous, -ful”). Doublet of Otranto and hydrous.
Proper noun
Hydruntum
- (historical) Former name of Otranto, a city in Apulia, in southeastern Italy.
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ὑδροῦς (Hudroûs).
Proper noun
Hydrūntum n sg (genitive Hydrūntī); second declension
- Otranto (a city in Apulia, in southeastern Italy)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
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