Gordium

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Gordĭum, ii, n., = Γόρδιον,

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.

II —Hence, Gordĭensis , e, adj., of Gordium , Scrib. 172.

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