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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πλευρών (Pleurṓn).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pleurōn m sg (genitive Pleurōnis); third declension
- A city in Aetolia situated in the plain between the Achelous and the Evenus
- A city in Aetolia situated at the foot of the Aracynthus
Declension
Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
References
- “Pleuron”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Pleuron”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Pleuron in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.