Arcas
See also: arcas
English
Proper noun
Arcas
- plural of Arca
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἀρκάς (Arkás).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈar.kas]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈar.kas]
Proper noun
Arcas m (genitive Arcadis); third declension
- Arcas, a mythical son of Jupiter and Callisto; the greatest hunter and legendary eponymous king of Arcadia in Ancient Greece
- an Arcadian; an inhabitant of the Arcadia region of the Peloponnese in Greece
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| 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