proper noun · femininefirst declension
Dōdōna
Dōdōna f sg (genitive Dōdōnae)
Meaning
- historicalDodona, a town and religious shrine in ancient Greece.
- New LatinDodoni, the modern Greek town at the site of ancient Dodona
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Dōdōna | — |
| genitive | Dōdōnae | — |
| dative | Dōdōnae | — |
| accusative | Dōdōnam | — |
| ablative | Dōdōnā | — |
| vocative | Dōdōna | — |
| locative | Dōdōnae | — |
dōdōna, ae (-ē, es, Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 228; Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 117), f., = Δωδώνη,
I. a city in Epirus, famed on account of its very ancient oracle of Jupiter, situated in an oak-grove, Cic. Div. 1, 43, 95; Plin. l. l.; Prop. 2, 21, 3 (3, 14, 3 M.); Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 43; Luc. 6, 426 al.—
B. Meton.
1. The sacred oak-grove of Dodona, Verg. G. 1, 149 Serv.—
2. The Dodonean priests, Nep. Lys. 3, 2.—
II. Derivv.
A. Dōdō-naeus, a, um, adj., of Dodona, Dodonean:
quercus, Cic. Att. 2, 4; cf. Ov. M. 7, 623: oraculum, Cic. Div. 1, 1 fin.: Juppiter, id. ib. 1, 34, 76; Mel. 2, 3, 5; Plin. 4, 1, 1, § 2: lebetas, Verg. A. 3, 466: agmina, Claud. Bell. Get. 136 al.—* B. Dōdōnĭus, a, um, adj., of Dodona:
quercus, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 31.—C. Dōdōnis, ĭdis, f. adj., Dodonean:
terra, Ov. M. 13, 716: quercus, Val. Fl. 1, 32: Thyene, i. e. one of the Hyades, as the nurses of Jupiter, Ov. F. 6, 711; these latter are called Dodonides Nymphae, Hyg. Fab. 182.—D. Dō-dōnĭgĕna, ae, m. adj.:
populi, i. e. nations living on acorns, Sid. Ep. 6, 12 med.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Dōdōna ae, f
a city of Epirus, with an oracle of Jupiter in an oak-grove, C., N., V., O.
Origins
From Doric Greek Δωδώνᾱ (Dōdṓnā); cognate with Attic Greek Δωδώνη (Dōdṓnē).