Dodona

See also: dodona

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Dodona f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Riodinidae – certain butterflies called Punches.

Hypernyms

• (genus):

Hyponyms

• (genus): Dodona durga (common Punch) - type species

References

• Dodona (butterfly) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dodona on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Dodona on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology

From Latin Dōdōna, from Ancient Greek Δωδώνη (Dōdṓnē).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Do‧do‧na

Proper noun

Dodona

1. (historical) A town and religious shrine of ancient in Greece.
2. (informal) Dodoni, the present settlement at the site, in modern Greece's Ioannina prefecture.

Synonyms

• (modern): Dodoni

Related terms

• Dodonaean

Translations

place in Greece

• Greek: Δωδώνη (el) f (Dodóni)
• Latin: Dodona f
• Marathi: डोडोना (ḍoḍonā)

Latin

Etymology

From Doric Greek Δωδώνᾱ (Dōdṓnā); cognate with Attic Greek Δωδώνη (Dōdṓnē).

Proper noun

Dōdōna f sg (genitive Dōdōnae); first declension

1. (historical) Dodona, a town and religious shrine in ancient Greece.
2. (New Latin) Dodoni, the modern Greek town at the site of ancient Dodona

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Dōdōna
genitive	Dōdōnae
dative	Dōdōnae
accusative	Dōdōnam
ablative	Dōdōnā
vocative	Dōdōna
locative	Dōdōnae

Related terms

• Dōdōnaeus

References

• “Dodona”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Dodona in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.