Epidaurus

English

Proper noun

Epidaurus

1. An ancient town in Greece, in present-day Argolis

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Latin

Alternative forms

• Epidaurum
• Epidauros

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐπίδαυρος (Epídauros).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) 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. A town of Peloponnesus, famous for its theatre
2. A maritime city in Dalmatia, now Cavtat or Ragusa Vecchia

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
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• “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.