Μεθύδριον

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μετᾰ- (metă-, between) +‎ ὕδωρ (húdōr, water) +‎ -ῐον (-ĭon), i.e. "between the waters", so called because of its location at the divide between Peloponessian watersheds.

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Μεθῠ́δρῐον (Methŭ́drĭonn (genitive Μεθῠδρῐ́ου); second declension

  1. Methydrium, a town in Arcadia

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Descendants

  • Greek: Μεθύδριο (Methýdrio)
  • Latin: Methydrium

References

  • Μεθύδριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,017