Achillesとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• Achilleus
• Akhilles
• Akhilleus

語源

Borrowed from Latin Achillēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús).

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /əˈkɪliːz/, /əˈkɪliz/
  • IPA^(key): /əˈkɪliːz/

固有名詞

Achilles

1. (Greek mythology) A mythical semidivine hero, the son of Peleus by the nereid Thetis, and prince of the Myrmidons, who features in the Iliad as a central character and the foremost warrior of the Achaean (Greek) camp.
   • 2005, P. J. Heslin, The Transvestite Achilles: Gender and Genre in Statius' Achilleid, Cambridge University Press, page 277,

     As we saw in the preceding chapter, Statius in the Achilleid revises the Ovidian account of Achilles′ rape of Deidamia.

   • 2012, Richard Holway, Becoming Achilles: Child-Sacrifice, War, and Misrule in the Iliad and Beyond, Rowman & Littlefield (Lexington Books), page 153,

     In the last third of the Iliad, Achilles’ beloved companion, Patroklos, and his bitter enemy, Hektor, die wearing Achilles’ armor, their deaths prefiguring Achilles’ own.

   • 2012, Marco Fantuzzi, Achilles in Love: Intertextual Studies, Oxford University Press, page 2,

     Iliad 1, in Maximus' interpretation, exemplifies a 'love contest' between an abusive and obsessive Agamemnon and a 'gentle and emotional' (ἥμερος καί ἐμπαθής) Achilles; […] .

2. (rare) A male given name from Ancient Greek.
3. (astronomy) The Greek camp Trojan asteroid 588 Achilles.

派生語

• Achillean
• Achilles heel
• Achilles tendon

Further reading

• Achilles (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.
• Achilles on Wikimedia Commons.

Latin

別の表記

• Achilleus

語源

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús).

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈkʰil.leːs/, [äˈkʰɪlːʲeːs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈkil.les/, [äˈkilːes]

固有名詞

Achillēs m sg (genitive Achillis); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Achilles

語形変化

Third-declension noun.

派生語

• Achillēus
• Achillīdes

参照

• “Achilles”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• “Achilles”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Achilles in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Achilles in D. P. Simpson, Cassell's Latin Dictionary, Wiley Publishing, 1968