Calydon

From Ancient Greek Καλυδών (Kaludṓn).

• (US) enPR: kălʹĭdŏn',[1] IPA^(key): /ˈkælɪˌdɒn/,[2]

Calydon

1. (historical) An Ancient Greek city in the country of Aetolia, north of the Gulf of Patras in western Greece, on the west bank of the river Evenus.
2. (historical, Greek mythology) The legendary founding king and eponym of the city of Calydon, whose failure to honor the goddess Artemis in a rite resulted in her sending the Calydonian Boar to lay waste to the city.

• Claydon

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Καλυδών (Kaludṓn).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.ly.doːn/, [ˈkälʲʏd̪oːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.li.don/, [ˈkäːlid̪on]

Calydōn m sg (genitive Calydōnis); third declension

1. The most celebrated city of Aetolia, situated in a fertile plain near the river Evenus

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• Calydōniacus
• Calydōnis
• Calydōnius

• “Calydon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Calydon”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Calydon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.