Δωδώνη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, <span class="title">Dodona</span>, in Epirus, the seat of the most ancient oracle of Zeus, <span class="bibl">Il.16.234</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.14.327</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Fr.</span>134</span>,<span class="bibl">212</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>830</span>, etc.: heterocl. forms <b class="b3">Δωδῶνος, -ῶνι</b> (as if from <b class="b3">Δωδών</b>), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>460</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Tr.</span>172</span>: <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> Δωδώνᾱθεν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>4.53</span>; Δωδώνηθε <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Del.</span>284</span>: a nom. <b class="b3">Δωδώ</b>, Simm. ap.<span class="bibl">Str.8.5.3</span>.:—Adj. Δωδωναῖος, α, ον, <span class="bibl">Il.16.233</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>258</span>, <span class="bibl">Cratin. 5</span>.: prov., <b class="b3">Δωδωναῖον χαλκεῖον</b> [[chatterbox]], <span class="bibl">Eust.335.45</span>:—fem. Δωδωνίς, ίδος, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>456</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.53</span>, <span class="bibl">Pherecyd.90</span> J.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: name of a place in Epirus with old oracle of Zeus (Il.).<br />Other forms: Heteroclitic forms <b class="b3">Δωδῶνος</b>, <b class="b3">-ι</b> (S.).<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">Δωδωναῖος</b> (Il.), <b class="b3">Δωδωνίς</b> (Hdt., S.)<br />Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Illyr.<br />Etymology: Acc. to Steph. Byz. s. <b class="b3">Δωδών</b> the place had its name from the river <b class="b3">Δωδών</b>. The ending <b class="b3">-ώνη</b> could be Illyrian , s. Schwyzer 66, Krahe Die Sprache d. Illyrier 1, 107. Krahe, Sprache und Vorzeit 108, compares the river Dodo east of (the?) Deime.