Achelous

Alternative forms

• Acheloos
• Akheloos
• Acheloios

Etymology

From Latin Achelous, from Ancient Greek Ἀχελώїoς and the later Ἀχελῷος (Akhelôios), which is probably from Akkadian aḫu/aḫû + illu/elu/ilu; see also Etruscan Axlei and Αυκηλως, which are probably from Akkadian aklu (chieftain) and Sumerian akil.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ækɨˈloʊ.əs/

Proper noun

Achelous

1. a river in western Greece
2. (Greek mythology) Deity of water; later, patron deity of the Achelous River.

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀχελῷος (Akhelôios).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.kʰeˈloː.us/, [a.kʰɛˈɫoː.ʊs]

View of the river

Proper noun

Achelōus m (genitive Achelōī); second declension

1. A river of Greece forming the boundary between Acarnania and Aetolia

References

• Achelous in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Achelous in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Achelous in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette