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Achilles

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Achilles against Agamemnon, Roman mosaic from Pompeii

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

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Achilles

  1. (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.
  2. (rare) A male given name from Ancient Greek.
  3. (astronomy) The Greek camp Trojan asteroid 588 Achilles.

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

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Achilles

  1. (Greek mythology) Achilles
  2. a male given name from English [in turn from Ancient Greek]

Czech

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Achilles m anim (related adjective Achillův)

  1. Achilles (Ancient Greek hero)

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Declension of Achilles (sg-only hard masculine animate foreign)
singular
nominative Achilles
genitive Achilla
dative Achillovi, Achillu
accusative Achilla
vocative Achille
locative Achillovi, Achillu
instrumental Achillem

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  • “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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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús).

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Achilles

  1. Achilles

Dutch

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Etymology

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

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  • IPA(key): /ˌɑˈxɪ.ləs/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Achil‧les

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Achilles m

  1. Achilles

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Kashubian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Polish Achilles.

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  • IPA(key): /aˈxillɛs/
  • Rhymes: -illɛs
  • Syllabification: A‧chil‧les

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Achilles m pers (related adjective achillesowi)

  1. (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)
  2. (countable, rare) a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Achilles

Further reading

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  • 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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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús).

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Achillēs m sg (genitive Achillis); third declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Achilles

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Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Achillēs
Genitive Achillis
Dative Achillī
Accusative Achillem
Ablative Achille
Vocative Achillēs

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References

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  • “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

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Achilles

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin Achillēs. Doublet of Achil.

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Achilles m pers (related adjective achillesowy)

  1. (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
  2. (countable, rare) a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Achilles

Declension

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Declension of Achilles
singular plural
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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Further reading

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  • Achilles in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Achilles in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Achilles in PWN's encyclopedia

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Achilles m

  1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of Aquiles.

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

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Achilles c (genitive Achilles)

  1. (Greek mythology) Achilles

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  • The classic Swedish translation of Homer's works by Erland Lagerlöf in 1912 uses this name form.
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