Dodona

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Dodona f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Riodinidae – certain butterflies called Punches.

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin Dōdōna, from Ancient Greek Δωδώνη (Dōdṓnē).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: Do‧do‧na

Proper noun[edit]

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Dodona

  1. (historical) A town and religious shrine of ancient in Greece.
  2. (informal) Dodoni, the present settlement at the site, in modern Greece's Ioannina prefecture.

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Etymology[edit]

From Doric Greek Δωδώνᾱ (Dōdṓnā); cognate with Attic Greek Δωδώνη (Dōdṓnē).

Proper noun[edit]

Dōdōna f sg (genitive Dōdōnae); first declension

  1. (historical) Dodona, a town and religious shrine in ancient Greece.
  2. (New Latin) Dodoni, the modern Greek town at the site of ancient Dodona

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Dōdōna
Genitive Dōdōnae
Dative Dōdōnae
Accusative Dōdōnam
Ablative Dōdōnā
Vocative Dōdōna
Locative Dōdōnae

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References[edit]

  • “Dodona”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Dodona in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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