Alcibiades
See also: Alcibíades
English
Etymology
From Latin Alcibiadēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀλκιβιάδης (Alkibiádēs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌælsəˈbaɪədiz/
Proper noun
Alcibiades
- a transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἀλκιβιάδης (Alkibiádēs), notably borne by Alcibiades (450–404 B.C.), a prominent Athenian statesman, orator, and general.
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 36–37:
- Alcibiades was a happy union of coxcomb and conqueror; but there was in him a want of that repose, and of that superb self-reliance, which characterises the Roman.
Translations
Greek name
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Further reading
- Alcibiades on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀλκιβιάδης (Alkibiádēs).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aɫ.kɪˈbi.a.deːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [al̠ʲ.t͡ʃiˈbiː.a.d̪es]
Proper noun
Alcibiadēs m sg (genitive Alcibiadis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Alcibiadēs |
| genitive | Alcibiadis |
| dative | Alcibiadī |
| accusative | Alcibiadem Alcibiadēn |
| ablative | Alcibiade |
| vocative | Alcibiadē |
- In Late or Church Latin the genitive Alcibiadī did occur.
References
- “Alcibiades”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Alcibiades in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Alcibiades”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray