Pindus
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Pindus, from Ancient Greek Πίνδος (Píndos).
Proper noun edit
Pindus
- A mountain range in northern Greece, often called the "spine of Greece"
Translations edit
mountain range
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πίνδος (Píndos).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpin.dus/, [ˈpɪn̪d̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpin.dus/, [ˈpin̪d̪us]
Proper noun edit
Pindus m sg (genitive Pindī); second declension
- A long range of mountains situated in northern Greece
- One of the towns of the tetrapolis of Doris
- A river of Doris flowing into the Cephisus
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Pindus |
| Genitive | Pindī |
| Dative | Pindō |
| Accusative | Pindum |
| Ablative | Pindō |
| Vocative | Pinde |
| Locative | Pindī |
References edit
- “Pindus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Pindus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Pindos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.