Aeschylus

See also: Æschylus

English

Alternative forms

• Æschylus

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.

Related terms

• Aeschylean

Translations

Greek tragedian

• Alemannic German: Aischylos m
• Aragonese: Esquilo m
• Armenian: Էսքիլես (Ēskʻiles), Էսքիլոս (Ēskʻilos)

  Old Armenian: Եսքիղոս (Eskʻiłos)

• Catalan: Èsquil m
• Chinese: 埃斯库罗斯 (zh) (Aisikuluosi)
• Dutch: Aischylos
• Esperanto: Esĥilo
• Estonian: Aischylos
• Finnish: Aiskhylos m
• French: Eschyle (fr) m
• German: Äschylus m, Aischylos m
• Greek: Αισχύλος (el) m (Aischýlos)

  Ancient Greek: Αἰσχύλος m (Aiskhúlos)

• Hebrew: אייסכילוס (Aiskhilos)
• Hungarian: Aiszkhülosz (hu)
• Interlingua: Eschylo
• Italian: Eschilo m
• Japanese: アイスキュロス (Aisukyurosu)
• Kabuverdianu: Eskilo
• Korean: 아이스퀼로스 (aiseukwilloseu)
• Latin: Aeschylus m
• Limburgish: Aischylos m
• Lithuanian: Aischilas m
• Luxembourgish: Aischylos m
• Macedonian: Есхил (Eshil)
• Polish: Ajschylos (pl) m
• Portuguese: Ésquilo (pt) m
• Russian: Эсхи́л m (Esxíl)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Есхил

  Roman: Eshil

• Spanish: Esquilo m
• Swedish: Aischylos n
• Ukrainian: Есхі́л (Esxíl)

See also

• Euripides
• Sophocles

Further reading

• “Aeschylus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Αἰσχύλος (Aiskhúlos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈae̯s.kʰy.lus/, [ˈäe̯s̠kʰʏɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate 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

Descendants

• English: Aeschylus
• Italian: Eschilo

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.