Ἀρκεσίλαος

Ἀρκεσίλαος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓ρκέω (arkéō, “assist”) +‎ λᾱός (lāós, “men”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ar.ke.sí.laː.os/ → /ar.ceˈsi.la.os/ → /ar.ceˈsi.la.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar.ke.sí.laː.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ar.keˈsi.la.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ar.ceˈsi.la.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ar.ceˈsi.la.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ar.ceˈsi.la.os/

Proper noun

Ἀρκεσίλᾱος • (Arkesílāos) m (genitive Ἀρκεσῐλᾱ́ου); second declension

1. a male given name: Arcesilaus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἀρκεσίλᾱος; τοῦ Ἀρκεσιλᾱ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀρκεσίλᾱος ho Arkesílāos
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀρκεσιλᾱ́ου toû Arkesilā́ou
Dative	τῷ Ἀρκεσιλᾱ́ῳ tôi Arkesilā́ōi
Accusative	τὸν Ἀρκεσίλᾱον tòn Arkesílāon
Vocative	Ἀρκεσίλᾱε Arkesílāe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Αρκεσίλαος (Arkesílaos)
• → Latin: Arcesilāüs

Further reading

• “Ἀρκεσίλαος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Ἀρκεσίλαος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,002