Dodona

See also: dodona

English

Etymology

From Latin Dodona.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Do‧do‧na

Proper noun

Dodona

1. (historical) A town and religious shrine of ancient Greece.
2. (informal) Dodoni, the present settlement at the site, in modern Greece's Ioannina prefecture.

Synonyms

• (modern): Dodoni

Related terms

• Dodonaean

Translations

place in Greece

• Greek: Δωδώνη (el) f (Dodóni)

• Latin: Dodona f

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Latin

Etymology

From Doric Greek Δωδώνᾱ (Dōdṓnā), cognate with Attic Greek Δωδώνη (Dōdṓnē).

Proper noun

Dodona f sg (genitive Dodonae); first declension

1. (historical) Dodona, a town and religious shrine in ancient Greece.
2. Dodoni, the modern Greek town at the site of ancient Dodona

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Dodona
Genitive	Dodonae
Dative	Dodonae
Accusative	Dodonam
Ablative	Dodonā
Vocative	Dodona
Locative	Dodonae

Related terms

• Dodonaeus

References

• Dodona in Charlton T. Lewis, An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1891