Mardonius

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μαρδόνιος (Mardónios), itself from Old Persian 𐎶𐎼𐎯𐎢𐎴𐎡𐎹 (m-r-du-u-n-i-y /⁠Mr̥duniyaʰ⁠/, literally “the mild one”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /marˈdo.ni.us/, [märˈd̪ɔniʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /marˈdo.ni.us/, [märˈd̪ɔːnius]

Proper noun

Mardonius m sg (genitive Mardoniī or Mardonī); second declension

1. A Persian general, defeated by Pausanias

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Mardonius
Genitive	Mardoniī Mardonī1
Dative	Mardoniō
Accusative	Mardonium
Ablative	Mardoniō
Vocative	Mardonī

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

References

• Mardonius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Mardonius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray