ἀκυλεής
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἀκύλας (akúlas), ἀκυλάς (akulás) — Byzantine
Etymology
Likely borrowed from Latin aquila.
Noun
ἀκυλεής • (akuleḗs)
- (hapax legomenon) eagle
- Synonym: ἀετός (aetós)
- [5th c. C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Α.2687:
- ἀκυλεής· ἀετός
- akuleḗs; aetós
- akuleḗs: eagle]
Inflection
Unknown.
References
- Dickey, Eleanor (2023) Latin loanwords in Ancient Greek: A lexicon and analysis, Cambridge University Press, , page 36
- ἀκυλεής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)