Achilles

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Achilles, from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈkɪliːz/, /əˈkɪliz/
• IPA^(key): /əˈkɪliːz/

Proper noun

Achilles

1. (Greek mythology) semi-divine hero, son of Peleus and the nymph Thetis, prince and leader of the Myrmidons; great warrior of the Achaean (Greek) camp, killed in the Trojan War; central character of the Iliad.

Etymology

From English Achilles, borrowed from Latin Achilles, from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús).

Proper noun

Achilles

1. (Greek mythology) Achilles
2. a male given name

Proper noun

Achilles m

1. Achilles (Ancient Greek hero)

Further reading

• Achilles in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• Achilles in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Achilles ?

1. Achilles

Alternative forms

• Achilleus

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈkʰil.les/, [aˈkʰɪl.lɛs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈkil.les/

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Proper noun

Achilles m (genitive Achillis); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Achilles

References

• 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈxʲil.lɛs/

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Proper noun

Achilles m

1. (Greek mythology) Achilles

Further reading

• Achilles in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Proper noun

Achilles m

1. Obsolete spelling of Aquiles (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).

Proper noun

Achilles c (genitive Achilles)

1. (Greek mythology) Achilles