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Gordius

Gordius · m

a king of Gordium

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Where it lives

Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 35-38 - 38 1 · 0.59/10k
Historiae Alexandri Magni 2 · 0.27/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k
Ab urbe condita 1 · 0.02/10k

What it meant

Gordĭus — Lewis & Short

Gordĭus, ii, m., = *go/rdios,

I a king of Gordium, in Phrygia Major, famous for the inextricable knot on his chariot, which Alexander the Great cut with his sword, Curt. 3, 1, 15 sqq.; Just. 11, 7, 13 sqq.—Hence, Gordĭus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Gordius: nodus, i. e. an insoluble problem, Amm. 14, 11, 1.

In the wild

Gordium Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni 3.1.12
Gordium Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 5.32.p3
Gordium Livy, Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 35-38 - 38 p14
Gordium Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni 3.1.14
Gordium Livy, Ab urbe condita 3.38.18.11

Where it came from

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