Pelopidas
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πελοπίδας (Pelopídas).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /peˈlo.pi.daːs/, [pɛˈɫ̪ɔpɪd̪äːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /peˈlo.pi.das/, [peˈlɔːpid̪äs]
Proper noun edit
Pelopidās m sg (genitive Pelopidae); first declension
- Name of a general of Thebae, friend of Epaminondas
Declension edit
First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Pelopidās |
| Genitive | Pelopidae |
| Dative | Pelopidae |
| Accusative | Pelopidān |
| Ablative | Pelopidā |
| Vocative | Pelopidā |
Descendants edit
- Translingual: Pelopidas
References edit
- “Pelopidas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Pelopidas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.