Aquiles

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish Aquiles, from Latin Achilles, from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús).

Proper noun

Aquiles

1. a male given name from Spanish [in turn from Ancient Greek]

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Achilles (pre-standardization spelling)
  • Achiles, Aquilles (uncommon, pre-standardization spelling)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈki.lis/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈki.lis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈki.liʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈki.les/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈki.lɨʃ/

• Hyphenation: A‧qui‧les

Proper noun

Aquiles m

1. (Greek mythology) Achilles (a Greek hero in the Iliad)
   • 1652, chapter I, in Livro segvndo da fvndação, antigvidades, & grandezas da muy inſigne Cidade de Lisboa. em que foi ganhada aos Mouros por ElRey D. Afonſo Henriquez, Lisbon: Officina Craesbeckiana, page 2:

     Conuencido Achiles com as facundas palauras que Vliſſes lhe ſoube ſignificar, o ſeguio contra vontade da mãy […]

     Achilles, convinced by the eloquent words Ulysses explained to him, followed him against his mother’s wishes […]

   • 1889, João Manuel Pereira da Silva, Considerações sobre poesia epica e poesia dramatica [Considerations about epic poetry and dramatical poetry]‎^[1], Rio de Janeiro: B. L. Garnier, page 123:

     Partem Ulysses e o filho de Achiles do acampamento grego, e procuram Philoctetes á pedir-lhe as frexas^[sic].

     Ulysses and the son of Achilles set out from the Greek encampment, and they look for Philoctetes to request the arrows from him.

2. a male given name from Greek
   • 1886, “Relações com a curia romana”, in Corpo diplomatico portuguez contendo os actos e relações politicas e diplomaticas de Portugal com as diversas potencias do mundo desde o seculo XVI até os nossos dias‎^[2], volume IX, Lisbon: Typographia da Academia Real das Sciencias, page 432:

     Vio o ditto Achiles a oração de que lá vinha feita pera elle recitar mostrousse muito escandalizado não fazendo elle outra porfição senão de letras humanas […]

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Achillēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈkiles/ [aˈki.les]
• Rhymes: -iles
• Syllabification: A‧qui‧les

Proper noun

Aquiles m

1. Achilles

Derived terms

• talón de Aquiles
• tendón de Aquiles

Further reading

• “Aquiles”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Aquiles, from Latin Achillēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈkiles/ [ʔɐˈxiː.lɛs]
• Rhymes: -iles
• Syllabification: A‧qui‧les

Proper noun

Aquiles (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃᜒᜎᜒᜐ᜔)

1. Achilles