Polydorus
name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A male given name from Ancient Greek, of historical usage.
Example
More examples""Spare, O AEneas, spare a wretch, nor shame / thy guiltless hands, but let the dead repose. / From Troy, no alien to thy race, I came. / O, fly this greedy shore, these cruel foes! / Not from the tree – from Polydorus flows / this blood, for I am Polydorus. Here / an iron crop o'erwhelmed me, and uprose / bristling with pointed javelins.""
Etymology
From Latin Polydoros/Polydorus, itself from Ancient Greek Πολύδωρος (Polúdōros).