Archilochus

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, after Ancient Greek Ἀρχίλοχος (Arkhílokhos) (Aristilochus, a Greek lyric poet)

Proper noun

Archilochus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Trochilidae.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Reptilia – class; Aves – subclass; Neognathae – infraclass; Neoaves – superorder; Apodiformes – order; Trochilidae – family; Trochilinae - subfamily

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, →ISBN

Further reading

• Archilochus (bird) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Archilochus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Archilochus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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English

Alternative forms

• Archilochos

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀρχίλοχος (Arkhílokhos).

Proper noun

Archilochus

1. An Ancient Greek name, particularly borne by a 7th century Archaic or a Classical Greek poet.

Translations

Ancient Greek name

• Armenian: Արքիլոքոս (Arkʻilokʻos)
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• Portuguese: Arquíloco m

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀρχίλοχος (Arkhílokhos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /arˈkʰi.lo.kʰus/, [ärˈkʰɪɫ̪ɔkʰʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /arˈki.lo.kus/, [ärˈkiːlokus]

Proper noun

Archilochus m sg (genitive Archilochī); second declension

1. Archilochus

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Archilochus
Genitive	Archilochī
Dative	Archilochō
Accusative	Archilochum
Ablative	Archilochō
Vocative	Archiloche

References

• Archilochus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Archilochus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray