Achilles

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin Achilles, from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleus).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /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.

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 (cmn) (Ākāliúsī), 阿基里斯 (cmn) (Ājīlǐsī)

• 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

• Greenlandic: Achilleusi (kl)

• Hebrew: אכילס (he) (Ahils)
• Hungarian: Akhilleusz (hu)
• Indonesian: Achilles (id)
• Interlingua: Achilles
• Inuktitut: ᐊᑭᓪᓕᔅ (iu) (Akillis)
• 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
• Serbo-Croatian: Ahil (sh) m, Ahilej (sh) m
• Slovene: Ahíl (sl) m
• 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

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Pronunciation

• Audio

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Proper noun

Achilles m

1. (Greek mythology) Achilles

Declension

    declension of Achilles

	singular only
nominative	Achilles
genitive	Achillesa
dative	Achillesowi
accusative	Achillesa
instrumental	Achillesem
locative	Achillesie
vocative	Achillesie

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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.