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Latin
Etymology
From Old Persian 𐎶𐎼𐎯𐎢𐎴𐎡𐎹 (m-r-du-u-n-i-y /Mr̥duniyaʰ/) via Ancient Greek Μαρδόνιος (Mardónios).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Mardonius m sg (genitive Mardoniī or Mardonī); second declension
- A Persian general, defeated by Pausanias
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- Mardonius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Mardonius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray