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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μεγασθένης (Megasthénēs).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Megasthenēs m sg (genitive Megasthenis); third declension
- A Greek historian and geographer
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
References
- “Megasthenes”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- Megasthenes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.