English

Proper noun

Scamander

1. (historical) A river in modern Turkey near the site of Troy.

Synonyms

• Karamenderes

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σκάμανδρος ‎(Skámandros).

Proper noun

Scamander m ‎(genitive Scamandrī); second declension

1. Scamander

Synonyms

• Xanthus

Declension

Second declension, nominative singular in -er.

¹May also be Scamandre.

References

• Scamander in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Scamander”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.