Anchises

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek Ἀγχίσης (Ankhísēs), via Latin Anchises.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æŋˈkaɪ.siːz/

Proper noun

Anchises

1. A mythical Trojan elder in the Iliad and the Aeneid, father of Aeneas.

Translations

Translations

• Greek: Αγχίσης (el) m (Anchísis)

  Ancient Greek: Ἀγχίσης m (Ankhísēs)

• Italian: Anchise m
• Latin: Anchises m
• Portuguese: Anquises m
• Russian: Анхиз (ru) m (Anxiz)

Anagrams

• achiness, inchases

Latin

Etymology

Ancient Greek Ἀγχίσης (Ankhísēs)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /anˈkʰiː.seːs/, [äŋˈkʰiːs̠eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /anˈki.ses/, [äŋˈkiːs̬es]

Proper noun

Anchīsēs m sg (genitive Anchīsae); first declension

1. Anchises

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Anchīsēs
Genitive	Anchīsae
Dative	Anchīsae
Accusative	Anchīsēn
Ablative	Anchīsē
Vocative	Anchīsē Anchīsā

Descendants

• English: Anchises
• French: Anchise
• Italian: Anchise

References

• “Anchises”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Anchises”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Anchises in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.