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Gordĭum

Gordĭum · n

a city of Phrygia Major on the Sangarius

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What it meant

Gordĭum — Lewis & Short

Gordĭum, ii, n., = *go/rdion,

I a city of Phrygia Major on the Sangarius, famous for the Gordian knot (v. Gordius), Plin. 5, 32, 42, § 146; Liv. 38, 18, 10 sqq.; Curt. 3, 1, 12 sqq.—Hence, Gordĭensis, e, adj., of Gordium, Scrib. 172.

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