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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀχιλλᾶς (Akhillâs).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Achillās m sg (genitive Achillae); first declension
- (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.