Agesilaus

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀγησίλαος (Agēsílaos).

Proper noun

Agesilaus

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek of certain historical persons.
2. Name of two kings of Sparta.

Translations

given name

• French: Agésilas m
• Greek: Αγησίλαος (el) m (Agisílaos)

  Ancient: Ἀγησίλαος m (Agēsílaos)

king of Sparta

• Greek:

  Ancient: Ἀγησίλαος m (Agēsílaos)

• Portuguese: Agesilau m

See also

• Agesilaus (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀγησίλαος (Agēsílaos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.ɡeː.siˈlaː.us/, [äɡeːs̠ɪˈɫ̪äːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.d͡ʒe.siˈla.us/, [äd͡ʒes̬iˈläːus]

Proper noun

Agēsilāus m sg (genitive Agēsilāī); second declension

1. The name of two kings of Sparta
2. An epithet of Pluto

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Agēsilāus
genitive	Agēsilāī
dative	Agēsilāō
accusative	Agēsilāum
ablative	Agēsilāō
vocative	Agēsilāe

References

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