Agathocles

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀγαθοκλῆς (Agathoklês).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈɡa.tʰo.kleːs/, [äˈɡät̪ʰɔkɫ̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈɡa.to.kles/, [äˈɡäːt̪okles]

Proper noun

Agathoclēs m sg (genitive Agathoclis); third declension

1. A king of Sicily
2. A Greek author

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Agathoclēs
genitive	Agathoclis
dative	Agathoclī
accusative	Agathoclem
ablative	Agathocle
vocative	Agathoclēs

Derived terms

• Agathoclēus

References

• “Agathocles”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Agathocles in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.