Achelous
English
Etymology
From Latin Achelōus, from Attic Greek Ἀχελῷος (Akhelôios), Epic Greek Ἀχελώϊος (Akhelṓïos), which is probably from Akkadian aḫu/aḫû + illu/elu/ilu; see also Etruscan [script needed] (Axlei) and [script needed] (Αυκηλως), which are probably from Akkadian aklu (“chieftain”) and Sumerian akil.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ækɪˈloʊ.əs/
Proper noun
Achelous
Translations
river
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀχελῷος (Akhelôios).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.kʰeˈloː.us/, [äkʰɛˈɫ̪oːʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.keˈlo.us/, [äkeˈlɔːus]
Proper noun
Achelōus m sg (genitive Achelōī); second declension
- A river in Greece, forming the boundary between Acarnania and Aetolia.
- Achelous, a Greek river god
- 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 8.560:
- Adnuit Aegides, “utar” que “Acheloe, domoque / consilioque tuo” respondit; et usus utroque est.
- Theseus approved, and responded "I will use, Achelous, [your] home and [your] advice"; and [there] is a use of both.
- Adnuit Aegides, “utar” que “Acheloe, domoque / consilioque tuo” respondit; et usus utroque est.
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Achelōus |
Genitive | Achelōī |
Dative | Achelōō |
Accusative | Achelōum |
Ablative | Achelōō |
Vocative | Achelōe |
References
- “Achelous”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Achelous”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Achelous in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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