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proper noun

Pandīon

Meaning

  1. A king of Athens

Pandīon, ŏnis, m., = Πανδίων.
I. A king of Athens, father of Progne and Philomela, Hyg. Fab. 48; Ov. M. 6, 426; 676: Pandionis populus, i. e. the Athenians, Lucr. 6, 1143: Pandione nata, i. e. Progne, Ov. M. 6, 634.—Transf., for the nightingale, Ov. P. 1, 3, 39: Cecropiae Pandionis arces, Mart. 1, 26, 3.—Hence,
B. Pandīŏnĭus, a, um, adj., Pandionian: Pandioniae Athenae, Ov. M. 15, 430: Pandionia Orithyia, the sister of Pandion, Prop. 1, 20, 31: res Pandioniae, the Athenian state, Claud. IV. Cons. Honor. 506: arces, the citadel of Athens, id. Rapt. Pros. 2, 19; also called mons, Stat. Th. 2, 720: volucres, the nightingale and the swallow, Sen. Octav. 8: cavea, the Athenian theatre, Sid. Carm. 23, 137.—
II. A son of Jupiter and Luna, Hyg. Fab. praef.

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Biography & mythologyPandionPandion. 5. A son of Cecrops and Metiadusa, was likewise a king of Athens. Being expelled from Athens by the Metionidae, he fled to Megara, and there …

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What does Pandīon mean in Latin?
Pandīon, a proper noun, means “A king of Athens”.