adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
Achaeus
Achaeus (feminine Achaea, neuter Achaeum)
Classical[aˈkʰae̯.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[aˈkɛː.us]
Meaning
- adjectivesynonym of Achīvus
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Achivi · Achæi · Achaius · Achaicus · Troius · Troicus
1. Achivi are the Homeric Greeks, or Ἀχαῖοι; Achæi are either the inhabitants of Achaia, or, in the poets, the Greeks at large, as contemporaries of the Romans. Cic. Divin. i. 16. Cum Achivi cœpissent inter se strepere. Compare this with Cæcil. 20. Quod cum sibi Achæi patronum adoptarant. 2. Achaius is the adj. of Achivus. Hor. Od. i. 15. 37. Virg. Æn. ii. 462; but Achaicus is the adj. of Achæus. Cic. Att. i. 13. 3. Troius is the more select term, as adj. of the old heroic and Homeric Troja; Troicus, the usual adj. of the country Troas, without reference to the Trojan war. (v. 306.)
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Achaeus | Achaea | Achaeum |
| genitive | Achaeī | Achaeae | Achaeī |
| dative | Achaeō | Achaeae | Achaeō |
| accusative | Achaeum | Achaeam | Achaeum |
| ablative | Achaeō | Achaeā | Achaeō |
| vocative | Achaee | Achaea | Achaeum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Achaeī | Achaeae | Achaea |
| genitive | Achaeōrum | Achaeārum | Achaeōrum |
| dative | Achaeīs | Achaeīs | Achaeīs |
| accusative | Achaeōs | Achaeās | Achaea |
| ablative | Achaeīs | Achaeīs | Achaeīs |
| vocative | Achaeī | Achaeae | Achaea |
Ăchaeus, i, m.
I. Son of Xuthus, brother of Ion, and ancestor of the Achaei. —
II. A king of Lydia, Ov. Ib. 301.
Ăchaeus, a, um, adj., = Ἀχαιός.
I. Belonging to Achaia; subst., an Achaean:
Achaeis in finibus, Lucr. 6, 1114; Liv. 35, 13.—B. In gen., Grecian; subst., a Greek (v. Achaia, II.), Juv. 3, 61; Stat. Th. 2, 164; Plin. 4, 7, 14.—
II. An inhabitant of a Greek colony on the Black Sea, Ov. Pont. 4, 10, 27.—
III. Portus Achaeorum, the harbor before Troy, where the Greeks landed, Plin. 4, 12, 26.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀχαιός (Akhaiós). Doublet of Achīvus.
Descendants
- TranslingualAchaeus