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Ἐπαμεινώνδαν (Epameinondan)

Ἐπαμεινώνδαν is an Ancient Greek form of Ἐπαμεινώνδας, meaning “Epameinondas — Epaminondas, Theban general”. It is the accusative singular masculine noun.

Found 33 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Lycurgus 13.3: … πὸ πελέκεως εἰργασμένην ἔχῃ, τὰς δὲ θύρας ἀπὸ πρίονος μόνου καὶ μηδενὸς τῶν ἄλλων ἐργαλείων, ὅπερ γάρ ὕστερον Ἐπαμεινώνδαν εἰπεῖν λέγουσιν ἐπὶ τῆς ἑαυτοῦ τραπέζης, ὡς τὸ τοιοῦτον ἄριστον οὐ χωρεῖ προδοσίαν, τοῦτο πρῶτος ἐνόησε Λυκοῦ …

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.