Ἐπίδαυρος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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According to Strabo, the city was originally named Ἐπίταυρος (Epítauros) under the Ionians, before taking the name Ἐπίκαρος (Epíkaros) under the Carians, before finally becoming Ἐπίδαυρος under the Dorians. Compare the individual elements ἐπί (epí, upon), ταῦρος (taûros, bull), Καρία (Karía, Carian), and Δωριεύς (Dōrieús), Δωριεῖς (Dōrieîs, Dorians). Also compare the mythological hero of the same name.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Ἐπίδαυρος (Epídaurosf (genitive Ἐπῐδαύρου); second declension

  1. Epidaurus (an ancient town on the Argolid Peninsula, Greece, famous for its theatre).

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: Επίδαυρος (Epídavros)
  • Latin: Epidaurus

Further reading

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  • Ἐπίδαυρος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • Ἐπίδαυρος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,009
  • Smith, William (1904): A Classical Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography, Mythology and Geography