Atrides

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀτρείδης (Atreídēs), from Ἀτρεύς (Atreús) + -ίδης (-ídēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈtriː.deːs/, [äˈt̪riːd̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈtri.des/, [äˈt̪riːd̪es]

Proper noun

Atrīdēs m (genitive Atrīdae); first declension

1. A patronymic for male descendants of Atreus, particularly:
   1. Agamemnon (son of Atreus and king of Mycenae during the Trojan War)
   2. Menelaus (son of Atreus, brother to Agamemnon, and husband to Helen)

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).

	singular	plural
nominative	Atrīdēs	Atrīdae
genitive	Atrīdae	Atrīdārum
dative	Atrīdae	Atrīdīs
accusative	Atrīdēn	Atrīdās
ablative	Atrīdē	Atrīdīs
vocative	Atrīdē	Atrīdae

References

• “Atrides”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press