Terpandro

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Τέρπανδρος (Térpandros).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /terˈpan.dro/
  • Rhymes: -andro
  • Hyphenation: Ter‧pàn‧dro

Proper noun

Terpandro m

  1. Terpander (Greek poet, 712 BCE–645 BCE)
    • 1959, Indro Montanelli, “Licurgo [Lykourgos]”, in Storia dei Greci [History of the Greeks], 39th edition, Milan, published 1973, page 119:
      Il più celebre, Terpandro, fu condotto da Lesbo, e gli si diede quel nome che significa “deliziatore di uomini” perché compose inni patriottici dove nessuno poteva fare un assolo.
      The most famous [musician], Terpander, was brought in from Lesbos, and was given the name meaning "delighter of men", because he composed patriotic hymns where no one could have gone solo.
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