Harmodius

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἁρμόδιος (Harmódios).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /harˈmo.di.us/, [härˈmɔd̪iʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /arˈmo.di.us/, [ärˈmɔːd̪ius]

Proper noun

Harmodius m sg (genitive Harmodiī or Harmodī); second declension

Harmodius, a Greek name borne by:
1. Harmodius, one of the killers of Hipparchus
2. Harmodius of Lepreon, a writer

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Harmodius
Genitive	Harmodiī Harmodī¹
Dative	Harmodiō
Accusative	Harmodium
Ablative	Harmodiō
Vocative	Harmodī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

English: Harmodius
Italian: Armodio

References

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

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