Ἴστρος

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Ἴστρος (Ístrosm or f (genitive Ἴστρου); second declension

  1. (feminine) Istros, Histria (an ancient city and Milesian colony; now Istria in Constanța County, Romania)
  2. (masculine) Danube (a river in Europe; flowing 2850 km from the confluence of the Breg and Brigach at Donaueschingen, Germany, into the Black Sea in Romania)

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: Ίστρος (Ístros)
  • Latin: Istrus

References

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  • Ἴστρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Ἴστρος”, 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 1,008