Academus

English

Proper noun

Academus

1. (Greek mythology) An Athenian hero who saved Athens by preventing an invasion by Castor and Pollux.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀκάδημος (Akádēmos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.kaˈdeː.mus/, [äkäˈd̪eːmʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.kaˈde.mus/, [äkäˈd̪ɛːmus]

Proper noun

Acadēmus m sg (genitive Acadēmī); second declension

1. (Greek mythology) An Athenian hero who saved Athens by preventing an invasion by Castor and Pollux.

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Acadēmus
Genitive	Acadēmī
Dative	Acadēmō
Accusative	Acadēmum
Ablative	Acadēmō
Vocative	Acadēme

References

• “Academus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Academus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Academus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.