Pleuron

See also: pleuron

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πλευρών (Pleurṓn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpleu̯.roːn/, [ˈpɫ̪ɛu̯roːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpleu̯.ron/, [ˈplɛːu̯ron]

Proper noun

Pleurōn m sg (genitive Pleurōnis); third declension

1. A city in Aetolia situated in the plain between the Achelous and the Evenus
2. A city in Aetolia situated at the foot of the Aracynthus

Declension

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Pleurōn
Genitive	Pleurōnis
Dative	Pleurōnī
Accusative	Pleurōnem
Ablative	Pleurōne
Vocative	Pleurōn
Locative	Pleurōnī Pleurōne

Related terms

• Pleurōnia
• Pleurōnius

References

• “Pleuron”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Pleuron”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Pleuron in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.