Harmodius

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἁρμόδιος (Harmódios).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [harˈmɔ.di.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [arˈmɔː.d̪i.us]

Proper noun

Harmodius m sg (genitive Harmodiī or Harmodī); second declension

1. Harmodius, a Greek name borne by:
   1. Harmodius, one of the killers of Hipparchus
   2. Harmodius of Lepreon, a writer

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Harmodius
genitive	Harmodiī Harmodī1
dative	Harmodiō
accusative	Harmodium
ablative	Harmodiō
vocative	Harmodī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• English: Harmodius
• Italian: Armodio

References

• “Harmodius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Harmodius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press