Achillas
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλᾶς (Akhillâs).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈkʰil.laːs/, [äˈkʰɪlːʲäːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈkil.las/, [äˈkilːäs]
Proper noun[edit]
Achillās m sg (genitive Achillae); first declension
- (Ecclesiastical Latin) A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Saints Achillas of Alexandria and Achillas of Larissa
- 1751, Jean-Baptiste du Sollier, “Tractatus Praeliminaris […] ad tom. v. Junii de Patriarchis Alexandrinis”, in Praefationes, Tractatus, Diatribae et Exegeses Praeliminares […] , volume 3, page 32:
- Magnum Achillam appellat Athanasius, orat. a contra Arianos, ut inquit Baronius in Notis ad Martyrologium.
- Athanasius calls him Achillas the Great, in the first discourse against the Arians, as Baronius says in his Notes on the Martyrology.
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Achillās |
| Genitive | Achillae |
| Dative | Achillae |
| Accusative | Achillam |
| Ablative | Achillā |
| Vocative | Achillā |
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