Mygdonia

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μυγδονία (Mugdonía).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /myɡˈdo.ni.a/, [mʏɡˈd̪ɔniä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /miɡˈdo.ni.a/, [miɡˈd̪ɔːniä]

Proper noun

Mygdonia f sg (genitive Mygdoniae); first declension

1. An ancient district of Macedonia, in modern Greece
2. An ancient district of Mesopotamia, in modern southeastern Turkey

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Mygdonia
genitive	Mygdoniae
dative	Mygdoniae
accusative	Mygdoniam
ablative	Mygdoniā
vocative	Mygdonia

Related terms

• Mygdones
• Mygdonides
• Mygdonis
• Mygdonius

References

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