Posidon
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ποσειδῶν (Poseidôn).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /poˈsiː.doːn/, [pɔˈs̠iːd̪oːn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /poˈsi.don/, [poˈs̬iːd̪on]
Proper noun
[edit]Posīdōn m sg (genitive Posīdōnis); third declension
- (Greek mythology, New Latin) Poseidon
- 1840, Johannes Franz, Elementa epigraphices Graecae[1], →OCLC, page 54:
- Atque ex descriptione Prokeschii templum Posidonis Theraei in promontorio supparem situm habuit in speluncâ; cuius in petrae fragminibus nomina insculpta sunt innumerabilia.
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- 1890, Johannes Teufer, De Homero in apophthegmatis usurpato[2], →OCLC, page 11:
- […] injuria autem Droysenius verba γαιήοχε κυανοχαῖτα, quae omnino non significant premit, cum ne tunc quidem condicio rerum talis fuerit, ut Aegyptii ipsi Antigonum Posidonem appellaverint.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1912, Josephus Cserép, De Pelasgis Etruscisque quid fabulis heroicis ac priscis nominibus doceamur[3], →OCLC, page 14:
- Zeus et Posidon fratres in fabula heroica sunt; sed initio iidem fuisse videntur.
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Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Posīdōn |
Genitive | Posīdōnis |
Dative | Posīdōnī |
Accusative | Posīdōnem |
Ablative | Posīdōne |
Vocative | Posīdōn |
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