Latin edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἁρμόδιος (Harmódios).

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Harmodius m sg (genitive Harmodiī or Harmodī); second declension

  1. Harmodius, a Greek name borne by:
    1. Harmodius, one of the killers of Hipparchus
    2. Harmodius of Lepreon, a writer

Declension edit

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Harmodius
Genitive Harmodiī
Harmodī1
Dative Harmodiō
Accusative Harmodium
Ablative Harmodiō
Vocative Harmodī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants edit

  • English: Harmodius
  • Italian: Armodio

References edit

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