LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun

Măchāon

Meaning

  1. son of Æsculapius, a famous surgeon of the Greeks

Măchāon, ŏnis, m., = Μαχάων,
I. son of Æsculapius, a famous surgeon of the Greeks before Troy, Cels. praef.; Prop. 2, 1, 61; Verg. A. 2, 263; Ov. P. 3, 4, 7 al.—
II. Transf., in plur., surgeons, physicians: quid tibi cum medicis? dimitte Machaonas omnes, Mart. 2, 16, 5.—Hence,
A. Ma-chāŏnĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Machaon: ars, i. e. the art of surgery, Sid. Ep. 2, 12.—
B. Măchāŏnĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Machaon, Machaonian, surgical: Machaoniā ope sanus, Ov. R. Am. 546: sucus, Stat. S. 1, 4, 114.

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What does Măchāon mean in Latin?
Măchāon, a proper noun, means “son of Æsculapius, a famous surgeon of the Greeks”.