Gordias

English

Alternative forms

• Gordius

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Gordiās, from Ancient Greek Γορδίας (Gordías).

Proper noun

Gordias

1. (Greek mythology) The name of at least two members of the royal house of Phrygia, the best-known of which was reputedly the founder of the Phrygian capital city Gordium, the maker of the legendary Gordian knot, and the father of the legendary king Midas.

Translations

name of kings of Phrygia

• Armenian: Գորդիոս (hy) (Gordios)
• German: Gordios, Gordias
• Greek: Γόρδιος (el) (Górdios)

  Ancient: Γορδίας (Gordías), Γόρδιος (Górdios)

• Italian: Gordio
• Latin: Gordiās, Gordius
• Russian: Горде́й (ru) (Gordéj)
• Spanish: Gordias m
• Ukrainian: Горді́й m (Hordíj)

Anagrams

• isograd

Latin

Alternative forms

• Gordius

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Γορδίᾱς (Gordíās).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡor.di.aːs/, [ˈɡɔrd̪iäːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡor.di.as/, [ˈɡɔrd̪iäs]

Proper noun

Gordiās m sg (genitive Gordiae); first declension

1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Gordias

Declension

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

	singular
nominative	Gordiās
genitive	Gordiae
dative	Gordiae
accusative	Gordiān
ablative	Gordiā
vocative	Gordiā

References

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