Epaminondas

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐπαμεινώνδας (Epameinṓndas).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Epamīnōndās m sg (genitive Epamīnōndae); first declension

  1. A general of Thebae and winner of the battles of Leuctra and Mantinea

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

singular
nominative Epamīnōndās
genitive Epamīnōndae
dative Epamīnōndae
accusative Epamīnōndān
ablative Epamīnōndā
vocative Epamīnōndā

References

  • Epaminondas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Epaminondas”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.