Metrodorus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Μητρόδωρος (Mētródōros).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /meː.troˈdoː.rus/, [meː.trɔˈdoː.rʊs]

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.

Case 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 Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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