Aeschines

English

Alternative forms

• Aeschin. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From Latin Aeschinēs or its etymon, Ancient Greek Αἰσχῐ́νης (Aiskhínēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛskɪniːz/, /ˈiːskɪniːz/

Proper noun

Aeschines

1. (Ancient Greece) A celebrated Greek statesman and orator (389–314 B.C.E.; full name Αἰσχίνης Ἀτρομήτου Κοθωκίδης, Aeschines Atrometi f. Cothocides), one the Canon of Ten Attic Orators.

Translations

Greek statesman and Canonical Attic Orator (389–314 BC)

• Arabic: إيسخينيس

  Egyptian: ايسخينيس

• Azeri: Esxin
• Bashkir: Эсхин (Esxin)
• Belarusian: Эсхін m anim (Esxin)
• Bulgarian: Есхин m (Eshin)
• Catalan: Èsquines m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 埃斯基涅斯

• Czech: Aischinés m anim
• Dutch: Aeschines m
• Esperanto: Esĥino
• Estonian: Aischines
• Finnish: Aiskhines
• French: Eschine (fr) m
• Galician: Esquines m
• German: Aischines m
• Greek:

  Ancient: Αἰσχῐ́νης m (Aiskhínēs)

  Modern: Αισχίνης (el) m (Aischínis)

• Hungarian: Aiszkhinész
• Indonesian: Aiskhines
• Irish: Aischines m
• Italian: Eschine m
• Japanese: アイスキネス (Aisukinesu)
• Korean: 아이스키네스 (aiseukineseu)
• Latin: Aeschinēs m
• Old Armenian: Եսքինէս (Eskʻinēs)
• Persian: آیسخینس
• Polish: Ajschines m anim
• Portuguese: Ésquines m
• Romanian: Eschine m
• Russian: Эсхин m anim (Esxin)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Latin: Eshin m anim

• Spanish: Esquines m
• Swedish: Aischines c
• Turkish: Aishines
• Ukrainian: Есхін m pers (Esxin)

Further reading

• Aeschines on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Αἰσχῐ́νης (Aiskhínēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈae̯s.kʰi.neːs/, [ˈäe̯s̠kʰɪneːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈes.ki.nes/, [ˈɛskines]

Proper noun

Aeschinēs m sg (genitive Aeschinis); third declension

1. (Ancient Greece) Aeschines

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Aeschinēs
Genitive	Aeschinis
Dative	Aeschinī
Accusative	Aeschinem
Ablative	Aeschine
Vocative	Aeschinēs

Descendants

• → Dutch: Aeschines
• → English: Aeschines
• → French: Eschine
• → Italian: Eschine

References

• “Aeschines”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• Aeschines in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Further reading

• Aeschines on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la