Epidaurus

English

Proper noun

Epidaurus

1. An ancient town on the Argolid Peninsula, Greece, famous for its theatre.
2. A modern municipality of Argolis, Peloponnese administrative region, Greece.

Latin

Alternative forms

• Epidaurum
• Epidauros

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐπίδαυρος (Epídauros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /e.piˈdau̯.rus/, [ɛpɪˈd̪äu̯rʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e.piˈdau̯.rus/, [epiˈd̪äːu̯rus]

Proper noun

Epidaurus m sg (genitive Epidaurī); second declension

1. Epidaurus (an ancient town on the Argolid Peninsula, Greece, famous for its theatre)
2. Epidaurus (a modern municipality of Argolis, Peloponnese administrative region, Greece)
3. Epidaurus, Epidaurum (an ancient city in Dalmatia, in modern Croatia; modern Cavtat)
4. Epidauros, Epetium (an ancient village in Dalmatia, in modern Croatia; modern Stobreč)

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Epidaurus
Genitive	Epidaurī
Dative	Epidaurō
Accusative	Epidaurum
Ablative	Epidaurō
Vocative	Epidaure
Locative	Epidaurī

Derived terms

• Epidauricus
• Epidauritānus

Related terms

• Epidaurēus
• Epidaurius
• Epidaurus Limēra

Descendants

• Italian: Epidauro

References

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