Ladon
English
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek Λάδων (Ládōn).
Proper noun
editLadon
- (Greek mythology) A serpent-like dragon that twined around the tree in the Garden of the Hesperides and guarded the golden apples.
Anagrams
editDanish
editProper noun
editLadon
- Ladon (the river)
- 1822, Hans Ancher Kofod, Conver[s]ations-lexicon: eller encyclopædi[s]k haandbog over de i [s]elskabelig underholdning og ved læsning forekommende gjen[s]tande, navne og begreber, med hen[s]yn til folke- og menne[s]kehi[s]torie, politik, diplomatik, mythologie, archæologie, jordbe[s]krivel[s]e, naturkund[s]kab, fabrik-og manufacturvæ[s]en, handel, de [s]kjønne kun[s]ter og viden[s]kaber, indbefattende tillige de ældre og nyere mærkværdige tidsbegivenheder, over[s]at efter den tyd[s]ke originals tredie oplag, med adskillige forandringer og tillæg, page 672:
- Han ophørte ei at forfølge hende, og, da hun ingen Redning mere saae for sig, fordi Ladons Vande spærrede hende Veien, anraabte hun Søstrene om Hielp, som forvandlede hende til et Rør.
- He did not cease pursuing her, and, when she no longer saw any salvation for herself, as the waters of La don blocked her way, she invoked the sisters for help, who turned her into a reed.
- 1861, Nordisk universitets-tidskrift, page 72:
- ... saavelsom de tildeels saare skjönne Bredder af Floderne Erymanthos og Ladon, der begge falde i Alpheus, ...
- ... as well as the in part quite beautiful shores of the rivers of Erymanthos and Ladon, both of which fall in Alpheus, ...
- 1892, Ingvald Undset, Fra Akershus til Akropolis: erindringer fra arkaeologiske studiereiser:
- ... vi kom nu til Rufia, de gamles Ladon, en flod ligesaa stor som selve Alfeios, ...
- ... we presently came to Rufie, the Ladon of the elders, a river just as big as Alfeios itself, ...
- (mythology) Ladon (the dragon)
- 2017, Niklas Orrenius, Skuddene i København: En reportage om ytringsfrihed, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
- Det er dragen Ladon, som har givet mikronationen dens navn. I den græske mytologi vogter Ladon et træ med guldæbler.
- The micronation has taken its name from the dragon Ladon. In Greek mythology, Ladon guards a tree of golden apples.
- 1967, Bengt Holbek, Iørn Piø, Fabeldyr og sagnfolk:
- Dens navn er Ladon, og den har hundrede hoveder og sover aldrig; men det hjælper den ikke, Herakles er en halvgud.
- Its name is Ladon, and it has a hundred heads and never sleeps; but that does not help it, Heracles is a demigod.
- 2016, A.S. Byatt, Besættelse: en romance, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
- Paa evig grønne Grene, dér brysted / Dragen Ladon sig i ædle Stenes Harnisk / Og skærped gylden Klo og Sølvertand, ...
- On eternally green branches / Ladon the dragon showed off in gem armor / And sharpened golden claw and silver tooth, ...
Latin
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek Λάδων (Ládōn).
Proper noun
editLadōn m sg (genitive Ladōnis); third declension
Declension
editThird-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Ladōn |
Genitive | Ladōnis |
Dative | Ladōnī |
Accusative | Ladōnem |
Ablative | Ladōne |
Vocative | Ladōn |
References
edit- “Ladon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Ladon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Ladon”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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