Metrodorus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μητρόδωρος (Mētródōros).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Mētrodōrus m sg (genitive Mētrodōrī); second declension

  1. An Epicurean philosopher born in Lampsacum
  2. An orator and politician of Scepsis
  3. A philosopher from the school of Democritus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Mētrodōrus
genitive Mētrodōrī
dative Mētrodōrō
accusative Mētrodōrum
ablative Mētrodōrō
vocative Mētrodōre

References

  • Metrodorus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Metrodorus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Metrodorus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray