Anacreon

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀνακρέων (Anakréōn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈnækɹiən/

Proper noun

Anacreon

1. An Ancient Greek name, particularly borne by a Greek lyric poet (570 BCE – 488 BCE), notable for his drinking songs and hymns.

Translations

Ancient Greek name

• Armenian: Անակրեոն (Anakreon)
• Greek: Ανακρέων (el) m (Anakréon)

  Ancient Greek: Ἀνακρέων m (Anakréōn)

• Portuguese: Anacreonte m

Anagrams

• nanoacre

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-

Proto-Hellenic *aná

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ)

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-)

Ancient Greek κρέων (kréōn)

Ancient Greek Ἀνακρέων (Anakréōn)bor.

Latin Anacreōn

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀνακρέων (Anakréōn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈna.kre.oːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈnaː.kre.on]

Proper noun

Anacreōn m sg (genitive Anacreontis); third declension

1. Anacreon

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Anacreōn
genitive	Anacreontis
dative	Anacreontī
accusative	Anacreontem
ablative	Anacreonte
vocative	Anacreon

Derived terms

• Anacreontius
• Anacreonticus

Descendants

• Italian: Anacreonte

References

• “Anacreon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Anacreon”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.