Alcibiades

See also: Alcibíades

English

Etymology

From Latin Alcibiadēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀλκιβιάδης (Alkibiádēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌælsəˈbaɪədiz/

Proper noun

Alcibiades

1. A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἀλκιβιάδης (Alkibiádēs), notably borne by Alcibiades (450–404 B.C.), a prominent Athenian statesman, orator, and general.
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 36–37:

     Alcibiades was a happy union of coxcomb and conqueror; but there was in him a want of that repose, and of that superb self-reliance, which characterises the Roman.

Translations

Greek name

• Armenian: Ալկիբիադես (Alkibiades)
• French: Alcibiade (fr)
• German: Alkibiades
• Greek: Αλκιβιάδης (el) (Alkiviádis)

  Ancient Greek: Ἀλκιβιάδης (Alkibiádēs)

• Italian: Alcibiade (it)
• Latin: Alcibiadēs
• Macedonian: Алкибијад (Alkibijad)
• Polish: Alcybiades (pl) m, Alkibiades (pl) m
• Portuguese: Alcibíades m
• Russian: Алкивиа́д (Alkiviád)
• Spanish: Alcibíades (es)

Further reading

• Alcibiades on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek ἀλκή (alkḗ)

Proto-Indo-European *gʷey-der.

Proto-Hellenic *gʷiā

Ancient Greek βία (bía)

Ancient Greek -άδης (-ádēs)

Ancient Greek Ἀλκιβιάδης (Alkibiádēs)bor.

Latin Alcibiadēs

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀλκιβιάδης (Alkibiádēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aɫ.kɪˈbi.a.deːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [al̠ʲ.t͡ʃiˈbiː.a.des]

Proper noun

Alcibiadēs m sg (genitive Alcibiadis); third declension

1. an Athenian general

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Alcibiadēs
genitive	Alcibiadis
dative	Alcibiadī
accusative	Alcibiadem Alcibiadēn
ablative	Alcibiade
vocative	Alcibiadē

• In Late or Church Latin the genitive Alcibiadī did occur.

References

• “Alcibiades”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Alcibiades”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Alcibiades”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray