Seleucus

English

Etymology

From Latin Seleucus, from Ancient Greek Σέλευκος (Séleukos).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌsɛleˈukəs/, /ˌsɛlˈjukəs/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /səˈluːkəs/, /səˈljuːkəs/

Proper noun

Seleucus

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek, particularly Seleucus I Nicator, founder of the Seleucid Empire.

Related terms

• Seleucia
• Seleucid

 

Translations

Ancient Greek name

• Akkadian: ^{(please verify)} 𒋛𒇻𒊌𒆪 (si-lu-uk-ku)
• Armenian: Սելեւկոս (Selewkos)

  Old Armenian: Սելեւկոս (Selewkos)

• Catalan: Seleuc
• French: Séleucos
• German: Seleukos
• Greek: Σέλευκος (el) (Sélefkos)

  Ancient: Σέλευκος (Séleukos)

• Italian: Seleuco
• Portuguese: Seleuco
• Russian: Селевк (Selevk)
• Spanish: Seleuco

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σέλευκος (Séleukos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /seˈleu̯.kus/, [s̠ɛˈɫ̪ɛu̯kʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /seˈleu̯.kus/, [seˈlɛːu̯kus]

Proper noun

Seleucus m sg (genitive Seleucī); second declension

1. the name of several kings of Syria (their ancestor, Seleucus Nicator, a general of Alexander the Great after the latter’s death founded the kingdom of the Seleucidae)

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2. the name of a mathematician and confidant of Vespasian

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3. the name of a servant of Quintus Lepta

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4. the name of a player on the cithern

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Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Seleucus
genitive	Seleucī
dative	Seleucō
accusative	Seleucum
ablative	Seleucō
vocative	Seleuce

Descendants

• English: Seleucus
• ?Italian: Seleuco
• ?Portuguese: Seleuco

References

• “Sĕleucus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Sĕleucus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “1,417/2”

Further reading

• Seleucus on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la