# Achilles
## English
### Alternative forms

* Achilleus, Akhilles, Akhilleus

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA: /əˈkɪliːz/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪliːz

### Proper noun

Achilles
* (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.
** c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:Achilles! a drayman, a porter, a very camel.
** 1715, Homer, translated by Alexander Pope, chapter 1, in The Iliad of Homer, volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC:Achilles’ wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumber’d, heavenly goddess, sing!
** 1910, Friedrich Nietzsche, chapter 3, in William A. Haussmann, transl., edited by Oscar Levy, The Birth of Tragedy; or, Hellenism and Pessimism (The Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche; 1)‎, Edinburgh, London: T. N. Foulis, page 36:If once the lamentation is heard, it will ring out again, of the short-lived Achilles, of the leaf-like change and vicissitude of the human race, of the decay of the heroic age.
** 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.
* (rare) A male given name from Ancient Greek.
* (astronomy) The Greek camp Trojan asteroid 588 Achilles.

#### Derived terms

* Achillean
* Achilles heel
* Achilles number
* Achilles tendon
* achillorrhaphy
* achillotomy
* Patrochilles

#### Translations
### Further reading

* Achilles (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Category:Achilles on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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### Etymology

From English Achilles, borrowed from Latin Achilles, from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús).

### Proper noun

Achilles
* (Greek mythology) Achilles
* a male given name from English [in turn from Ancient Greek]

## Czech
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈaxɪlɛs]

### Proper noun

Achilles m anim (relational adjective Achillův)
* Achilles (Ancient Greek hero)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Achilles”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “Achilles”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Danish
### Alternative forms

* Achilleus, Akilleus, Akilles

### Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [aˈkʰiləs]

### Proper noun

Achilles
* Achilles

## Dutch
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌɑˈxɪ.ləs/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Achil‧les

### Proper noun

Achilles m
* Achilles

#### Derived terms

* achillespees

## Kashubian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Achilles.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈxil.lɛs/
* Rhymes: -illɛs
* Syllabification: A‧chil‧les

### Proper noun

Achilles m pers (related adjective achillesowi)
* (uncountable, Greek mythology) Achilles (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)
* (countable, rare) a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Achilles

### Further reading

* Jan Trepczyk (1994) “Achilles”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
* Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “Achilles”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎

## Latin
### Alternative forms

* Achilleus

### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /aˈkʰil.leːs/, [äˈkʰɪlːʲeːs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /aˈkil.les/, [äˈkilːes]

### Proper noun

Achillēs m sg (genitive Achillis); third declension
* (Greek mythology) Achilles

#### Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

#### Derived terms

* achillēus
* Achillīdes

### References

* “Achilles”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, 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

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Achillēs. Doublet of Achil.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈxil.lɛs/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -illɛs
* Syllabification: A‧chil‧les
* Homophone: achilles

### Proper noun

Achilles m pers (related adjective achillesowy)
* (uncountable, Greek mythology) Achilles (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)
    Synonym: Achil
* (countable, rare) a male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], equivalent to English Achilles

#### Derived terms

* achilles

#### Related terms

* Achil

### Further reading

* Achilles in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* Achilles in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* Achilles in PWN's encyclopedia

## Portuguese
### Proper noun

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

## Swedish
### Alternative forms

* Akilles

### Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλεύς (Akhilleús). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

### Proper noun

Achilles c (genitive Achilles)
* (Greek mythology) Achilles

#### Usage notes

* The classic Swedish translation of Homer's works by Erland Lagerlöf in 1912 uses this name form.