Atrides

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀτρείδης (Atreídēs), from Ἀτρεύς (Atreús) + -ίδης (-ídēs).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈtriː.deːs/, [äˈt̪riːd̪eːs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈtri.des/, [äˈt̪riːd̪es]

Proper noun

Atrīdēs m (genitive Atrīdae); first declension

A patronymic for male descendants of Atreus, particularly:
1. Agamemnon (son of Atreus and king of Mycenae during the Trojan War)
2. Menelaus (son of Atreus, brother to Agamemnon, and husband to Helen)

Declension

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

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Atrīdēs	Atrīdae
Genitive	Atrīdae	Atrīdārum
Dative	Atrīdae	Atrīdīs
Accusative	Atrīdēn	Atrīdās
Ablative	Atrīdē	Atrīdīs
Vocative	Atrīdē	Atrīdae

References

“Atrides”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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