Acrisius

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀκρίσιος (Akrísios).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈkri.si.us/, [äˈkrɪs̠iʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈkri.si.us/, [äˈkriːs̬ius]

Proper noun

Acrisius m sg (genitive Acrisiī or Acrisī); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) a mythical king of Argos, father of Danae

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Acrisius
genitive	Acrisiī Acrisī1
dative	Acrisiō
accusative	Acrisium
ablative	Acrisiō
vocative	Acrisī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• Italian: Acrisio

References

• “Acrisius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• Acrisius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.