Pindus
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English
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Etymology
From Latin Pindus, from Ancient Greek Πίνδος (Píndos).
Proper noun
Pindus
- A mountain range in northern Greece, often called the "spine of Greece"
Translations
mountain range
Anagrams
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πίνδος (Píndos).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpin.dus/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpin.dus/,
Proper noun
Pindus m sg (genitive Pindī); second declension
- A long range of mountains situated in northern Greece
- One of the towns of the tetrapolis of Doris
- A river of Doris flowing into the Cephisus
Declension
Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Pindus |
| Genitive | Pindī |
| Dative | Pindō |
| Accusative | Pindum |
| Ablative | Pindō |
| Vocative | Pinde |
| Locative | Pindī |
References
- “Pindus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Pindus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Pindos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.