Acrisius

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀκρίσιος (Akrísios).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Acrisius m sg (genitive Acrisiī or Acrisī); second declension

  1. (Greek mythology) a mythical king of Argos, father of Danae

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Acrisius
Genitive Acrisiī
Acrisī1
Dative Acrisiō
Accusative Acrisium
Ablative Acrisiō
Vocative Acrisī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

  • Italian: Acrisio

References

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