LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun · masculinethird declension

Achillēs

Achillēs m sg (genitive Achillis or Achillī or Achilleī)
Classical[aˈkʰɪl.leːs]Ecclesiastical[aˈkil.les]

Meaning

  1. GreekAchilles
    "Cōnsule." "Cūr Aiāx, hērōs ab Achille secundus, pūtēscit, totiēns servātīs clārus Achīvīs?""Pray, do." "Why does Ajax, a hero second only to Achilles, lie rotting, though so often he won glory by saving the Greeks?"c. 35 BCE, Horatius, Sermones 2.3.193
    Ūnxere mātrēs Īliae additum ferīs ālitibus atque canibus homicīdam Hectorem, postquam relictīs moenibus rēx prōciditc. 30 BCE, Horatius, Epodi 17.14

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeAchillēs—
genitiveAchillis
Achillī, Achilleī		—
dativeAchillī—
accusativeAchillem
Achillea, Achillēn		—
ablativeAchille—
vocativeAchillēs—

Ăchilles, is, m., = Ἀχιλλεύς (poet., after the manner of the Gr.
I. Nom., Achilleus, trisyl., Inscr. Grut. 669, 6.—Gen. Achillei, quadrisyl., Hor. C. 1, 15, 34; id. Epod. 17, 14; and Achilli, as Neocli, Lacydi from Neocles, Lacydes, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 14; Verg. A. 3, 87; cf. Val. Prob. 1468 P.—Acc. Achillĕa, Luc. 10, 523.—Voc. Achille, Prop. 4, 11, 40.—Abl. Achilli, Ov. Pont. 3, 3, 43), the celebrated Grecian hero in the Trojan war, distinguished for strength and beauty; son of Peleus, king of Thessaly, and of Thetis, Ov. M. 12 fin. and 13 init.; Stat. Achill. al. In the fine arts, Achilles is represented with hair long and erect, like a mane, a body straight and slender, nostrils (μυκτῆρες) distended with courage and pride, and a physical frame throughout noble and powerful, Müll. Arch. § 413.—
II. As an appellative, a handsome and powerful man, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 63; Verg. A. 6, 89; Gell. 2, 11.—Hence, ăchillēus, a, um, adj., Ἀχίλλειος, of or pertaining to Achilles: stirpis Achilleae fastus, Verg. A. 3, 326: manes, Ov. M. 13, 448: statuae, statues like Achilles, Plin. 34, 5, 10: cothurnus, the lofty and grave tragic style (since Achilles was a hero of the early epos and drama): Achilleo conponere verba cothurno, Prop. 3, 32, 41 (Aeschyleo, Müller).—Also, ăchil-lĭăcus, a, um, Ven. 7, 8, 63.

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓χῐλλεύς (Ăkhĭlleús).

Descendants
  • EnglishAchilles
  • FrenchAchille
  • GermanAchill
  • ItalianAchille
  • SpanishAquiles

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Biography & mythologyAchillesAchilles (Ἀχιλλεύς). In the legends about Achilles, as about all the heroes of the Trojan war, the Homeric traditions should be carefully kept apart f…

Quick answers

What does Achillēs mean in Latin?
Achillēs, a proper noun, means “Achilles”.
What is the genitive of Achillēs?
The genitive singular is Achillis. Achillēs is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce Achillēs?
In classical Latin, [aˈkʰɪl.leːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [aˈkil.les].