proper noun
Myrmĭdŏnes
Meaning
- the Myrmidons, a people of Phthiotis
Myrmĭdŏnes, um, m., = Μυρμιδόνες,
I. the Myrmidons, a people of Phthiotis (Thessaly), about Phthia and Larissa Cremaste, under the sway of Achilles, Enn. ap. Non. 472, 27 (Trag. v. 222 Vahl.); Verg. A. 2, 7; Ov. M. 7, 654.—In sing. also as fem.:
cruentae Vulnere Myrmidonis, Stat. Th. 5, 223.In English words that came into English from Myrmĭdŏnes
- myrmidonMyrmĭdŏnes