# Archimedes
## English
### Alternative forms

* Arkhimedes

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Archimēdēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀρχιμήδης (Arkhimḗdēs).

### Pronunciation

* enPR: är′kə-mēʹdēz, IPA: /ˌɑɹ.kəˈmiː.diːz/
* (UK) IPA: /ˌɑːkɪˈmiːdiːz/
* (US) IPA: /ˌɑːɹkɪˈmiːdiːz/
* (Ghana) IPA: /ɐˈkɪ.mi.diːz/

### Proper noun

Archimedes
* A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἀρχιμήδης (Arkhimḗdēs), notably borne by Archimedes of Syracuse, an Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist and engineer (c. 287–212 BCE).
* (astronomy) A large lunar impact crater on the eastern edges of the Mare Imbrium.

#### Derived terms

* Archimedean
* Archimedes number
* trammel of Archimedes

#### Translations
### See also

* Aristotle
* Plato
* Pythagoras
* Socrates

### Further reading

* “Archimedes”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Archimedean”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 297, column 1.
* “Archimedes”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

### Anagrams

* demarchies

## Latin
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀρχιμήδης (Arkhimḗdēs).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ar.kʰiˈmeː.deːs/, [ärkʰɪˈmeːd̪eːs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ar.kiˈme.des/, [ärkiˈmɛːd̪es]

### Proper noun

Archimēdēs m sg (genitive Archimēdis); third declension
* Archimedes
** a male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Archimedes of Syracuse (c. 287–212 BCE), Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, and engineer from Syracuse in Sicily

#### Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

#### Derived terms

* Archimēdēus
* Archimēdīus

#### Descendants

* → Czech: Archimédes (learned)
* → Dutch: Archimedes (learned)
* → English: Archimedes (learned)
* → French: Archimède (learned)
* → German: Archimedes (learned)
* → Italian: Archimede (learned)
* → Polish: Archimedes (learned)
* → Portuguese: Archimedes, Arquimedes (learned)
* → Romanian: Arhimede (learned)
* → Sicilian: Archimèdi (learned)
* → Spanish: Arquímedes (learned)

### Further reading

* “Archimedes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* Archimedes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 155/2.
* Archimedes in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 545

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Archimēdēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀρχιμήδης (Arkhimḗdēs).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ar.xiˈmɛ.dɛs/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛdɛs
* Syllabification: Ar‧chi‧me‧des

### Proper noun

Archimedes m pers
* (engineering, historical, mathematics, physics) Archimedes (Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, and engineer)

#### Derived terms

* archimedesowy
* Archimedesowy

#### Related terms

* aksjomat Archimedesa
* dźwignia Archimedesa
* prawo Archimedesa
* śruba Archimedesa

### Further reading

* Archimedes in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Proper noun

Archimedes m
* Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Arquimedes.