Calydon

See also: Calydôn

English

Alternative forms

• Calydôn (dated)
• Kalydon
• Kalydôn (dated)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Καλυδών (Kaludṓn).

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: kălʹĭdŏn', IPA^(key): /ˈkælɪˌdɒn/,

Proper noun

Calydon

1. (historical) An Ancient Greek city in the country of Aetolia, north of the Gulf of Patras in western Greece, on the west bank of the river Evenus.
2. (historical, Greek mythology) The legendary founding king and eponym of the city of Calydon, whose failure to honor the goddess Artemis in a rite resulted in her sending the Calydonian Boar to lay waste to the city.

Derived terms

• Calydonian
• Calydonian Boar
• Calydonian Hunt

Translations

city

• Finnish: Kalydon
• German: Kalydon n
• Hungarian: Kalüdón
• Italian: Calidone
• Romanian: Calydon
• Russian: Калидон m (Kalidon)
• Swedish: Kalydon n

king

• Russian: Калидон m (Kalidon)

Anagrams

• Claydon

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Καλυδών (Kaludṓn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ly.doːn/, [ˈkälʲʏd̪oːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.li.don/, [ˈkäːlid̪on]

Proper noun

Calydōn m sg (genitive Calydōnis); third declension

1. The most celebrated city of Aetolia, situated in a fertile plain near the river Evenus

Declension

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Calydōn
genitive	Calydōnis
dative	Calydōnī
accusative	Calydōnem
ablative	Calydōne
vocative	Calydōn
locative	Calydōnī Calydōne

Related terms

• Calydōniacus
• Calydōnis
• Calydōnius

References

• “Calydon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Calydon”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Calydon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.