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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πελοπίδας (Pelopídas).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pelopidās m sg (genitive Pelopidae); first declension
- Name of a general of Thebae, friend of Epaminondas
Declension
First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.
Descendants
References
- “Pelopidas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Pelopidas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.