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SIMONIDES
GENDER:
Masculine
USAGE:
Ancient Greek
OTHER SCRIPTS:
Σιμωνιδης
(Ancient Greek)
Meaning & History
Derived from Greek
σιμος
(simos)
"flat-nosed" and
ειδος
(eidos)
"kind, type". This name was borne by the 7th-century BC iambic poet Simonides of Amorgos and the 6th-century BC lyric poet Simonides of Ceos.
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