Alcibiades
See also: Alcibíades
English
Etymology
From Latin Alcibiadēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀλκιβιάδης (Alkibiádēs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌælsəˈbaɪədiz/
Proper noun
Alcibiades
- A Greek male given name from Ancient Greek, 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 21345056, 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.
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Translations
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Further reading
Alcibiades on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀλκιβιάδης (Alkibiádēs).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /al.kiˈbi.a.deːs/, [äɫ̪kɪˈbiäd̪eːs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /al.t͡ʃiˈbi.a.des/, [äl̠ʲt͡ʃiˈbiːäd̪es]
Proper noun
Alcibiadēs m sg (genitive Alcibiadis); third declension
- an Athenian general
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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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 Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray