Achilles
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed 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
[edit]Achilles
- (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.
Derived terms
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Further reading
[edit]- Achilles (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Category:Achilles on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Cebuano
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From English Achilles, borrowed from Latin Achilles, from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús).
Proper noun
[edit]Achilles
- (Greek mythology) Achilles
- a male given name from English [in turn from Ancient Greek]
Czech
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Achilles m anim (related adjective Achillův)
- Achilles (Ancient Greek hero)
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Achilles”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “Achilles”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús).
Pronunciation
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[edit]Achilles
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin Achilles, from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Achilles m
Derived terms
[edit]Kashubian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Polish Achilles.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Achilles 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
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /aˈkʰil.leːs/, [äˈkʰɪlːʲeːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈkil.les/, [äˈkilːes]
Proper noun
[edit]Achillēs m sg (genitive Achillis); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun, singular only.
singular | |
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nominative | Achillēs |
genitive | Achillis |
dative | Achillī |
accusative | Achillem |
ablative | Achille |
vocative | Achillēs |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin Achillēs. Doublet of Achil.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Achilles 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
[edit]singular | 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 |
Derived terms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Achilles in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Achilles in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Achilles in PWN's encyclopedia
Portuguese
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[edit]Achilles m
- Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Aquiles.
Swedish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Proper noun
[edit]Achilles 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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