Olynthus
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin, from Ancient Greek Ὄλυνθος (Ólunthos).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /oˈlyn.tʰus/, [ɔˈlʲʏn̪t̪ʰʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /oˈlin.tus/, [oˈlin̪t̪us]
Proper noun edit
Olynthus
- An ancient city in Chalcidice, modern Chalkidiki, Greece.
Translations edit
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Ὄλυνθος (Ólunthos).
Proper noun edit
Olynthus f sg (genitive Olynthī); second declension
- Olynthus (an ancient city in Chalcidice, modern Chalkidiki, Greece).
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Olynthus |
Genitive | Olynthī |
Dative | Olynthō |
Accusative | Olynthum |
Ablative | Olynthō |
Vocative | Olynthe |
Locative | Olynthī |
Descendants edit
- Italian: Olinto
References edit
- “Olynthus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press