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Aegospotami

Aegospotami proper noun: a small river issuing into the Hellespont, northeast of Sestos, whose mouth was the scene of the decisive battle in 405 BC in which Lysander destroyed the Athenian fleet, ending the Peloponnesian War.

Proper noun

Aegospotami

  1. (historical) A small river issuing into the Hellespont, northeast of Sestos, whose mouth was the scene of the decisive battle in 405 BC in which Lysander destroyed the Athenian fleet, ending the Peloponnesian War.

Forms of Aegospotami

alternative formAegospotamos

Questions about Aegospotami

What does Aegospotami mean?
Aegospotami means a small river issuing into the Hellespont, northeast of Sestos, whose mouth was the scene of the decisive battle in 405 BC in which Lysander destroyed the Athenian fleet, ending the Peloponnesian War.
What part of speech is Aegospotami?
Aegospotami is a proper noun.

Words near Aegospotami in the dictionary

  1. aegloid
  2. aegloids
  3. aegophony
  4. aegoromantic
  5. aegosexual
  6. Aegospotami
  7. Aegospotamos
  8. aegothelid
  9. aegothelids
  10. Aegriff
  11. aegritude

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