Achilles
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin Achillēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús).
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /əˈkɪliːz/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪliːz
Proper noun
editAchilles
- (Greek mythology) A mythical semidivine hero, the son of Peleus by the nereid Thetis, and prince of the Myrmidons, who features in the Iliad as a central character and the foremost warrior of the Achaean (Greek) camp.
- c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
- Achilles! a drayman, a porter, a very camel.
- 1715, Homer, translated by Alexander Pope, chapter 1, in The Iliad of Homer, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC:
- Achilles’ wrath, to Greece the direful spring
Of woes unnumber’d, heavenly goddess, sing!
- 1910, Friedrich Nietzsche, chapter 3, in William A. Haussmann, transl., edited by Oscar Levy, The Birth of Tragedy; or, Hellenism and Pessimism (The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche; 1)[1], Edinburgh, London: T. N. Foulis, page 36:
- If once the lamentation is heard, it will ring out again, of the short-lived Achilles, of the leaf-like change and vicissitude of the human race, of the decay of the heroic age.
- 2012, Richard Holway, Becoming Achilles: Child-Sacrifice, War, and Misrule in the Iliad and Beyond[2], Rowman & Littlefield (Lexington Books), page 153:
- In the last third of the Iliad, Achilles’ beloved companion, Patroklos, and his bitter enemy, Hektor, die wearing Achilles’ armor, their deaths prefiguring Achilles’ own.
- (rare) A male given name from Ancient Greek.
- (astronomy) The Greek camp Trojan asteroid 588 Achilles.
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Further reading
edit- Achilles (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Category:Achilles on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Cebuano
editEtymology
editFrom English Achilles, borrowed from Latin Achilles, from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús).
Proper noun
editAchilles
- (Greek mythology) Achilles
- a male given name from English [in turn from Ancient Greek]
Czech
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editAchilles m anim (related adjective Achillův)
- Achilles (Ancient Greek hero)
Declension
editFurther reading
editDanish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editAchilles
Dutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin Achilles, from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editAchilles m
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editKashubian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Polish Achilles.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editAchilles m pers (related adjective achillesowi)
- (uncountable, Greek mythology) Achilles (mythical semidivine hero, the son of Peleus by the nereid Thetis, and prince of the Myrmidons, who features in the Iliad as a central character and the foremost warrior of the Achaean (Greek) camp)
- (countable, rare) a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Achilles
Further reading
edit- Jan Trepczyk (1994) “Achilles”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “Achilles”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[3]
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /aˈkʰil.leːs/, [äˈkʰɪlːʲeːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈkil.les/, [äˈkilːes]
Proper noun
editAchillēs m sg (genitive Achillis); third declension
Declension
editThird-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Achillēs |
Genitive | Achillis |
Dative | Achillī |
Accusative | Achillem |
Ablative | Achille |
Vocative | Achillēs |
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “Achilles”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Achilles”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Achilles in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Achilles in D. P. Simpson, Cassell's Latin Dictionary, Wiley Publishing, 1968
Polish
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin Achillēs. Doublet of Achil.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editAchilles m pers (related adjective achillesowy)
- (uncountable, Greek mythology) Achilles (mythical semidivine hero, the son of Peleus by the nereid Thetis, and prince of the Myrmidons, who features in the Iliad as a central character and the foremost warrior of the Achaean (Greek) camp)
- Synonym: Achil
- (countable, rare) a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Achilles
Declension
editsingular | plural | |
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nominative | Achilles | Achillesowie/Achillesi |
genitive | Achillesa | Achillesów |
dative | Achillesowi | Achillesom |
accusative | Achillesa | Achillesów |
instrumental | Achillesem | Achillesami |
locative | Achillesie | Achillesach |
vocative | Achillesie | Achillesowie/Achillesi |
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editPortuguese
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
editAchilles m
- Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of Aquiles.
Swedish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUltimately from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Proper noun
editAchilles c (genitive Achilles)
Usage notes
edit- The classic Swedish translation of Homer's works by Erland Lagerlöf in 1912 uses this name form.
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