proper noun
Ĕpĭdamnus
Meaning
- an older name of Dyrrachium
Ĕpĭdamnus (-os), i, f., = Επίδαμνος,
I. an older name of Dyrrachium, Mel. 2, 3, 13; Plin. 3, 23, 26, § 145; Plaut. Men. 2, 1, 38; id. ib. prol. 33, 49; 51; 72 al.—
II. Derivv.
B. ĕpĭdamnĭensis, e, the same:
cives, id. ib. 5, 7, 11; cf. id. ib. prol. 32; 57.