Arcas

See also: arcas

English

Proper noun

Arcas

  1. plural of Arca

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀρκάς (Arkás).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Arcas m (genitive Arcadis); third declension

  1. Arcas, a mythical son of Jupiter and Callisto; the greatest hunter and legendary eponymous king of Arcadia in Ancient Greece
  2. an Arcadian; an inhabitant of the Arcadia region of the Peloponnese in Greece

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Arcas Arcadēs
Genitive Arcadis Arcadum
Dative Arcadī Arcadibus
Accusative Arcadem Arcadēs
Ablative Arcade Arcadibus
Vocative Arcas Arcadēs

References
  • “Arcas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Arcas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Arcas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 154.
  • Arcas in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 540
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