Achillas

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλᾶς (Akhillâs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈkʰil.laːs/, [äˈkʰɪlːʲäːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈkil.las/, [äˈkilːäs]

Proper noun

Achillās m sg (genitive Achillae); first declension

1. (Ecclesiastical Latin) A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Saints Achillas of Alexandria and Achillas of Larissa
   • 1751, Jean-Baptiste du Sollier, “Tractatus Praeliminaris […] ad tom. v. Junii de Patriarchis Alexandrinis”, in Praefationes, Tractatus, Diatribae et Exegeses Praeliminares […] , volume 3, page 32:

     Magnum Achillam appellat Athanasius, orat. a contra Arianos, ut inquit Baronius in Notis ad Martyrologium.

     Athanasius calls him Achillas the Great, in the first discourse against the Arians, as Baronius says in his Notes on the Martyrology.

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Achillās
Genitive	Achillae
Dative	Achillae
Accusative	Achillam
Ablative	Achillā
Vocative	Achillā