Dōdōna, ae (-ē, es, Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 228; Claud. III. Cons. Hon. 117), f., = Δωδώνη,
I a city in Epirus , famed on account of its very ancient oracle of Jupiter, situated in an oak-grove, Cic. Div. 1, 43, 95; Plin. l. l.; Prop. 2, 21, 3 (3, 14, 3 M.); Ov. Tr. 4, 8, 43; Luc. 6, 426 al.—
B Meton.
1 The sacred oak-grove of Dodona , Verg. G. 1, 149 Serv.—
2 The Dodonean priests , Nep. Lys. 3, 2.—
II Derivv.
A Dōdō-naeus , a, um, adj., of Dodona , Dodonean : quercus, Cic. Att. 2, 4; cf. Ov. M. 7, 623: oraculum, Cic. Div. 1, 1 fin. : Juppiter, id. ib. 1, 34, 76; Mel. 2, 3, 5; Plin. 4, 1, 1, § 2: lebetas, Verg. A. 3, 466: agmina, Claud. Bell. Get. 136 al.—*
B Dōdōnĭus , a, um, adj., of Dodona : quercus, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 31.—
C Dōdōnis , ĭdis, f. adj., Dodonean : terra, Ov. M. 13, 716: quercus, Val. Fl. 1, 32: Thyene, i. e. one of the Hyades , as the nurses of Jupiter , Ov. F. 6, 711; these latter are called Dodonides Nymphae, Hyg. Fab. 182.—
D Dō-dōnĭgĕna , ae, m. adj. : populi, i. e. nations living on acorns , Sid. Ep. 6, 12 med.