Posidon

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ποσειδῶν (Poseidôn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /poˈsiː.doːn/, [pɔˈs̠iːd̪oːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /poˈsi.don/, [poˈs̬iːd̪on]

Proper noun

Posīdōn m sg (genitive Posīdōnis); third declension

1. (Greek mythology, New Latin) Poseidon
   • 1840, Johannes Franz, Elementa epigraphices Graecae, →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, →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.

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   • 1912, Josephus Cserép, De Pelasgis Etruscisque quid fabulis heroicis ac priscis nominibus doceamur, →OCLC, page 14:

     Zeus et Posidon fratres in fabula heroica sunt; sed initio iidem fuisse videntur.

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Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Posīdōn
genitive	Posīdōnis
dative	Posīdōnī
accusative	Posīdōnem
ablative	Posīdōne
vocative	Posīdōn

Related terms

• Posīdōnia
• Posīdōnius