Epaminondas

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐπαμεινώνδας (Epameinṓndas).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /e.pa.miːˈnoːn.daːs/, [ɛpämiːˈnoːn̪d̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.pa.miˈnon.das/, [epämiˈnɔn̪d̪äs]

Proper noun

Epamīnōndās m sg (genitive Epamīnōndae); first declension

1. A general of Thebae and winner of the battles of Leuctra and Mantinea

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Epamīnōndās
genitive	Epamīnōndae
dative	Epamīnōndae
accusative	Epamīnōndān
ablative	Epamīnōndā
vocative	Epamīnōndā

References

• “Epaminondas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Epaminondas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.