Achilles

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleus).

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.

Translations

Greek mythical hero

Arabic: أخيل (ar) ('akhiil) m. Armenian: Աքիլլես (hy) (Ak’illes) Old Armenian: Աքիլլէս (Akʿillēs) Basque: Akil (eu) Bulgarian: Ахил, Ахилес Catalan: Aquil·les (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 阿喀琉斯 (zh) (Ākāliúsī), 阿基里斯 (zh) (Ājīlǐsī) Croatian: Ahil (hr) m., Ahilej (hr) m. Czech: Achilleus (cs) m. Danish: Achilleus (da) Dutch: Achilles (nl) Esperanto: Aĥilo (eo), Akilo (eo) Estonian: Achilleus (et) Finnish: Akhilleus (fi), Akilles (fi) French: Achille (fr) m. Georgian: აქილევსი (ka) (ak'ilevsi) German: Achilleus (de) m. Greek: Αχιλλέας (el) (Achilléas) m. Ancient: Ἀχιλλεύς (Achilleus) m.

Hebrew: אכילס (he) (Ahils) Hungarian: Akhilleusz (hu) Indonesian: Achilles (id) Interlingua: Achilles Italian: Achille (it) Japanese: アキレス (ja) (Akiresu), アキレウス (ja) (Akireusu) Korean: 아킬레스 (ko) (Akilleseu) Latin: Achillēs (la) Latvian: Achilas Polish: Achilles (pl) m. Portuguese: Aquiles (pt) Russian: Ахилл (ru) (Axíll) m., Ахиллес (ru) (Axillés) m. Slovene: Ahil (sl) Spanish: Aquiles (es) m. Swedish: Akilles (sv), Achilles (sv) Turkish: Aşil (tr) Ukrainian: Ахіллес (uk) (Axillés) m.

Derived terms

• Achilles heel
• Achilles tendon

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Dutch

Proper noun

Achilles

1. Achilles

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleus).

Pronunciation

• audio (ecclesiastical)

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Alternative forms

• Achillēūs

Proper noun

Achilles (genitive Achillis); m, third declension

1. Achilles

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	Achilles	Achillēs
genitive	Achillis	Achillum
dative	Achillī	Achillibus
accusative	Achillem	Achillēs
ablative	Achille	Achillibus
vocative	Achilles	Achillēs

Derived terms

• Achillēus
• Achillīdes

References

Achilles in D. P. Simpson, Cassell's Latin Dictionary, Wiley Publishing, 1968

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Polish

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Achilles

1. Achilles

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Swedish

Proper noun

Achilles

1. (Greek mythology) Achilles

Usage notes

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