Academus

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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

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.

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.