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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μητρόδωρος (Mētródōros).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Mētrodōrus m sg (genitive Mētrodōrī); second declension
- An Epicurean philosopher born in Lampsacum
- An orator and politician of Scepsis
- A philosopher from the school of Democritus
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
References
- “Metrodorus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Metrodorus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Metrodorus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray