Metrodorus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μητρόδωρος (Mētródōros).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /meː.troˈdoː.rus/, [meːt̪rɔˈd̪oːrʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /me.troˈdo.rus/, [met̪roˈd̪ɔːrus]
Proper noun
[edit]Mētrodōrus m sg (genitive Mētrodōrī); second declension
- An Epicurean philosopher born in Lampsacum
- An orator and politician of Scepsis
- A philosopher from the school of Democritus
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Mētrodōrus |
| genitive | Mētrodōrī |
| dative | Mētrodōrō |
| accusative | Mētrodōrum |
| ablative | Mētrodōrō |
| vocative | Mētrodōre |
References
[edit]- “Metrodorus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Metrodorus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Metrodorus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray