Aeneas
See also: aeneas
English
    
    
Etymology
    
From Latin Aenēās, from Ancient Greek Αἰνείας (Aineías).
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ɪˈniː.əs/
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Proper noun
    
Aeneas
- (Greek mythology) A Trojan hero and the legendary ancestor of Romans.
- A male given name from Ancient Greek.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 9:33-34:- And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy. And Peter said unto him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately.
 
 
Usage notes
    
- Used as an anglicization of Aonghas in Scotland and Ireland.
Related terms
    
Translations
    
Trojan hero
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Latin
    
    
Etymology
    
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Αἰνείᾱς, Αἰνέᾱς (Aineíās, Ainéās).
Pronunciation
    
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ae̯ˈneː.aːs/, [äe̯ˈneːäːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈne.as/, [eˈnɛːäs]
Declension
    
First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.
| Case | Singular | 
|---|---|
| Nominative | Aenēās | 
| Genitive | Aenēae | 
| Dative | Aenēae | 
| Accusative | Aenēān Aenēam | 
| Ablative | Aenēā | 
| Vocative | Aenēā | 
Derived terms
    
- Aeneadēs, Aeneadae
- Aenīdēs
- Aenēis
- Aenēius
- Aenēānicus
References
    
- “Aenēās” in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present
- “Aeneas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Aeneas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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