Epidaurus
English
    
    Proper noun
    
Epidaurus
- An ancient town on the Argolid Peninsula, Greece, famous for its theatre.
- 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
- Epidaurus (an ancient town on the Argolid Peninsula, Greece, famous for its theatre)
- Epidaurus (a modern municipality of Argolis, Peloponnese administrative region, Greece)
- Epidaurus, Epidaurum (an ancient city in Dalmatia, in modern Croatia; modern Cavtat)
- 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.
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