Aeschylus

See also: Æschylus

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Aeschylus, from Ancient Greek Αἰσχύλος (Aiskhúlos).

Pronunciation
  • enPR: ĕskĭlŭs, IPA(key): /ˈɛs.kə.ləs/, /ˈɛ.skə.ləs/

Proper noun

Aeschylus

  1. A Greek dramatic poet (525 BCE—456 BCE); Aeschylus was the earliest of the three greatest Greek tragedians.
  2. (historical) A male given name from Ancient Greek.

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Αἰσχύλος (Aiskhúlos).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈae̯s.kʰy.lus/, [ˈäe̯s̠kʰʏɫ̪ʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈes.ki.lus/, [ˈɛskilus]

Proper noun

Aeschylus m sg (genitive Aeschylī); second declension

  1. Aeschylus, the Greek tragedian

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Aeschylus
Genitive Aeschylī
Dative Aeschylō
Accusative Aeschylum
Ablative Aeschylō
Vocative Aeschyle

References
  • “Aeschylus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Aeschylus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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