Λίνδον
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /lín.don/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈlin.don/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈlin.don/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈlin.don/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈlin.don/
Etymology 1
Borrowing from Latin Lindum, from Proto-Celtic *lindos (“pool, lake”) (compare Welsh llyn (“lake”) and Scottish Gaelic lionn (“liquid, fluid”)).
Proper noun
Λίνδον • (Líndon) n (genitive Λίνδου); second declension
- Lindum Colonia; Lincoln, England, United Kingdom
Inflection
Descendants
- Greek: Λίνδο (Líndo)
Further reading
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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