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Pindus

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Etymology

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From Latin Pindus, from Ancient Greek Πίνδος (Píndos).

Proper noun

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Pindus

  1. A mountain range in northern Greece, often called the "spine of Greece"

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Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πίνδος (Píndos).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Pindus m sg (genitive Pindī); second declension

  1. A long range of mountains situated in northern Greece
  2. One of the towns of the tetrapolis of Doris
  3. A river of Doris flowing into the Cephisus

Declension

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Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Pindus
genitive Pindī
dative Pindō
accusative Pindum
ablative Pindō
vocative Pinde
locative Pindī

References

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  • Pindus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Pindus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Pindos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.