Agathocles

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀγαθοκλῆς (Agathoklês).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈɡa.tʰo.kleːs/, [äˈɡät̪ʰɔkɫ̪eːs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈɡa.to.kles/, [äˈɡäːt̪okles]

Proper noun

Agathoclēs m sg (genitive Agathoclis); third declension

  1. A king of Sicily
  2. A Greek author

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Agathoclēs
Genitive Agathoclis
Dative Agathoclī
Accusative Agathoclem
Ablative Agathocle
Vocative Agathoclēs

Derived terms
  • Agathoclēus

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