Aeneas
See also: aeneas
English
Etymology
From Latin Aenēās, from Ancient Greek Αἰνείας (Aineías).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪˈniː.əs/
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Proper noun
Aeneas
- (Greek mythology) A Trojan hero and the legendary ancestor of Romans.
- A male given name from Ancient Greek.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 9:33-34:
- And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy. And Peter said unto him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately.
Usage notes
- Used as an anglicization of Aonghas in Scotland and Ireland.
Related terms
Translations
Trojan hero
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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Αἰνείᾱς, Αἰνέᾱς (Aineíās, Ainéās).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ae̯ˈneː.aːs/, [äe̯ˈneːäːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈne.as/, [eˈnɛːäs]
Declension
First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Aenēās |
Genitive | Aenēae |
Dative | Aenēae |
Accusative | Aenēān Aenēam |
Ablative | Aenēā |
Vocative | Aenēā |
Derived terms
- Aeneadēs, Aeneadae
- Aenīdēs
- Aenēis
- Aenēius
- Aenēānicus
References
- “Aenēās” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
- “Aeneas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Aeneas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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