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Salamis

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Translingual

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Salamis anteva

Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Σαλαμίς (Salamís, a nymph in Greek mythology).

Proper noun

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Salamis f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – mother-of-pearl butterflies.

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English

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Σαλαμίς (Salamís).

Proper noun

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Salamis

  1. The largest island in the Saronic Gulf, near Athens, Greece, where a famous battle in the Persian Wars took place.
  2. An ancient Greek city in Cyprus.
  3. (Greek mythology) A nymph, the daughter of Asopus and Metope, who was carried away by Poseidon to the island that bears her name.

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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Salamis f

  1. plural of Salami

Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Σαλαμίς (Salamís).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Salamīs f sg (genitive Salamīnis); third declension

  1. Salamis (the largest island in the Saronic Gulf off Athens, in modern Greece)
  2. Salamis (ancient Greek city in Cyprus)

Declension

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Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Salamīs
genitive Salamīnis
dative Salamīnī
accusative Salamīnem
Salamīna
ablative Salamīne
vocative Salamīs
locative Salamīnī
Salamīne

Descendants

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  • Italian: Salamina

References

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