Peleus

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Pēleus, from Ancient Greek Πηλεύς (Pēleús).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpiː.li.əs/

Proper noun

Peleus

2. (Greek mythology) A king of Phthia, son of Aeacus and Endeïs, brother of Telamon, and father of Achilles.
3. A rare surname.

Translations

king of Phthia

• Danish: Peleus
• Dutch: Peleus
• Estonian: Peleus
• French: Pélée (fr)
• German: Peleus
• Greek: Πηλέας (el) (Piléas)

  Ancient Greek: Πηλεύς (Pēleús)

• Italian: Peleo
• Japanese: ペレウス (Pereusu)
• Latin: Peleus
• Luxembourgish: Peleus
• Portuguese: Peleo
• Russian: Пеле́й (ru) (Peléj)
• Spanish: Peleo

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• German:

  Alemannic German: ^{(please verify)} Peleus?

See also

• Peleus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πηλεύς (Pēleús).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpeː.ɫɛu̯s]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpɛː.leu̯s]

Proper noun

Pēle͡us m sg (genitive Pēleos); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Peleus (a king of Phthia, son of Aeacus and Endeïs, brother of Telamon, and father of Achilles)

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, normal variant), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Pēleus
genitive	Pēleos
dative	Pēleī
accusative	Pēlea
ablative	Pēlee
vocative	Pēleus

Descendants

• → English: Peleus
• French: Pélée

References

• “Peleus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press