Pindar

See also: pindar

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πίνδαρος (Píndaros).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪndə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɪndɚ/

Proper noun

Pindar

1. (ca. 522–443 BC) A great Ancient Greek lyric poet from Thebes
   • 1827, Lydia Sigourney, Poems, Greece, page 145:

     True,—we can glow at Homer's lay,
     enraptured hang o'er Pindar's lyre,
     Start at thy pencil's deathless ray,
     Thy breathing marble's force admire,...

Derived terms

• Pindaresque
• Pindarian
• Pindaric
• Pindarism
• Pindarist
• Pindaresque

Translations

poet

• Armenian: Պինդարոս (Pindaros)

  Old Armenian: Պինդարոս (Pindaros)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 品達／品达 (zh) (Pǐndá)

• Greek:

  Ancient: Πίνδαρος (Píndaros)

• Hindi: पिंडार (hi) (piṇḍār)
• Italian: Pindaro m
• Latin: Pindarus
• Russian: Пи́ндар m (Píndar)
• Spanish: Píndaro

Further reading

• “Pindar”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Pinard