Achillas
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλᾶς (Akhillâs).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) 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.
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