Pelopidas

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πελοπίδας (Pelopídas).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /peˈlo.pi.daːs/, [pɛˈɫ̪ɔpɪd̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /peˈlo.pi.das/, [peˈlɔːpid̪äs]

Proper noun

Pelopidās m sg (genitive Pelopidae); first declension

1. Name of a general of Thebae, friend of Epaminondas

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Pelopidās
Genitive	Pelopidae
Dative	Pelopidae
Accusative	Pelopidān
Ablative	Pelopidā
Vocative	Pelopidā

Descendants

• Translingual: Pelopidas

References

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