Seleucus

From Latin Seleucus, from Ancient Greek Σέλευκος (Séleukos).

• IPA^(key): /səˈl(j)uːkəs/

Seleucus

1. An Ancient Greek name, in particular borne by the founder of the Seleucid dynasty — Seleucus I Nicator.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σέλευκος (Séleukos).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /seˈleu̯.kus/, [s̠ɛˈɫ̪ɛu̯kʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /seˈleu̯.kus/, [seˈlɛːu̯kus]

Seleucus m sg (genitive Seleucī); second declension

1. the name of several kings of Syria (their ancestor, Seleucus Nicator, a general of Alexander the Great after the latter’s death founded the kingdom of the Seleucidae)
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2. the name of a mathematician and confidant of Vespasian
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3. the name of a servant of Quintus Lepta
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4. the name of a player on the cithern
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Second-declension noun, singular only.

• English: Seleucus
• ?Italian: Seleuco
• ?Portuguese: Seleuco

• “Sĕleucus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Sĕleucus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “1,417/2”

• Seleucus on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la