Achilles

• Achilleus
• Akhilles
• Akhilleus

Borrowed from Latin Achillēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús).

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /əˈkɪliːz/

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• Rhymes: -ɪliːz

Achilles

1. (Greek mythology) A mythical semidivine hero, the son of Peleus by the nereid Thetis, and prince of the Myrmidons, who features in the Iliad as a central character and the foremost warrior of the Achaean (Greek) camp.
   • 2005, P. J. Heslin, The Transvestite Achilles: Gender and Genre in Statius' Achilleid, Cambridge University Press, page 277:

     As we saw in the preceding chapter, Statius in the Achilleid revises the Ovidian account of Achilles′ rape of Deidamia.

   • 2012, Richard Holway, Becoming Achilles: Child-Sacrifice, War, and Misrule in the Iliad and Beyond‎, Rowman & Littlefield (Lexington Books), page 153:

     In the last third of the Iliad, Achilles’ beloved companion, Patroklos, and his bitter enemy, Hektor, die wearing Achilles’ armor, their deaths prefiguring Achilles’ own.

   • 2012, Marco Fantuzzi, Achilles in Love: Intertextual Studies, Oxford University Press, page 2:

     Iliad 1, in Maximus' interpretation, exemplifies a 'love contest' between an abusive and obsessive Agamemnon and a 'gentle and emotional' (ἥμερος καί ἐμπαθής) Achilles; […] .

2. (rare) A male given name from Ancient Greek.
3. (astronomy) The Greek camp Trojan asteroid 588 Achilles.

• Achillean
• Achilles heel
• Achilles tendon

• Achilles (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Category:Achilles on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

From English Achilles, borrowed from Latin Achilles, from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús).

Achilles

1. (Greek mythology) Achilles
2. a male given name from Ancient Greek

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): [ˈaxɪlɛs]

Achilles m anim (related adjective Achillův)

1. Achilles (Ancient Greek hero)

• Achilles in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• Achilles in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

• Achilleus, Akilleus, Akilles

From Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús).

• IPA^(key): [aˈkʰiləs]

Achilles

1. Achilles

Borrowed from Latin Achilles, from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús).

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑˈxɪ.ləs/

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• Hyphenation: Achil‧les

Achilles m

1. Achilles

• achillespees

• Achilleus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈkʰil.leːs/, [äˈkʰɪlːʲeːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈkil.les/, [äˈkilːes]

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Achillēs m sg (genitive Achillis); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Achilles

Third-declension noun, singular only.

• Achillēus
• Achillīdes

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

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

Borrowed from Latin Achillēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús).

• IPA^(key): /aˈxil.lɛs/

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• Rhymes: -illɛs
• Syllabification: A‧chil‧les

Achilles m pers

1. (Greek mythology) Achilles

• Achilles in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Achilles in Polish dictionaries at PWN

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Achilles m

1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of Aquiles.

• Akilles

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Achilles c (genitive Achilles)

1. (Greek mythology) Achilles

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