Maeander
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Μαίανδρος (Maíandros).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /mae̯ˈan.der/, [mäe̯ˈän̪d̪ɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /meˈan.der/, [meˈän̪d̪er]
Proper noun edit
Maeander m sg (genitive Maeandrī); second declension
- A river in Turkey, now the Menderes
- A crooked way, a turning, a winding
- A border wrought with many involutions
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er), singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Maeander |
| Genitive | Maeandrī |
| Dative | Maeandrō |
| Accusative | Maeandrum |
| Ablative | Maeandrō |
| Vocative | Maeander |
Derived terms edit
See also edit
- mæander (alternate typography)
References edit
- “Maeander”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Maeander in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Maeander”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly