Achilles

• Achilleus
• Akhilles
• Akhilleus

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

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

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• IPA^(key): /əˈkɪliːz/

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
• 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

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]
• (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. Obsolete spelling of Aquiles (used in Portugal until September 1911 and in Brazil until the 1940s).

• 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.