Agathocles

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀγαθοκλῆς (Agathoklês).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈɡa.tʰo.kleːs/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈɡa.to.kles/,

Proper noun

Agathoclēs m sg (genitive Agathoclis); third declension

A king of Sicily
A Greek author

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Agathoclēs
genitive	Agathoclis
dative	Agathoclī
accusative	Agathoclem
ablative	Agathocle
vocative	Agathoclēs

Derived terms

Agathoclēus

References

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

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