Anchises

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek Ἀγχίσης (Ankhísēs), via Latin Anchises.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /æŋˈkaɪ.siːz/

Proper noun

Anchises

A mythical Trojan elder in the Iliad and the Aeneid, father of Aeneas.

Translations

Translations

Greek: Αγχίσης (el) m (Anchísis)
Ancient Greek: Ἀγχίσης m (Ankhísēs)
Italian: Anchise m
Latin: Anchises m
Portuguese: Anquises m
Russian: Анхиз (ru) m (Anxiz)

Anagrams

achiness, inchases

Latin

Alternative forms

Agchīsēs (Old Latin)

Etymology

Ancient Greek Ἀγχίσης (Ankhísēs)

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aŋˈkʰiː.seːs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aŋˈkiː.s̬es]

Proper noun

Anchīsēs m sg (genitive Anchīsae); first declension

Anchises

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Anchīsēs
genitive	Anchīsae
dative	Anchīsae
accusative	Anchīsēn
ablative	Anchisā
vocative	Anchīsē Anchīsā

Descendants

English: Anchises
French: Anchise
Italian: Anchise

References

“Anchises”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“Anchises”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Anchises in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.