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Latin
Etymology
Pseudo-Ancient Greek, seemingly formed as ἀλκή (alkḗ, “strength”) + -ιμος (-imos, “-ible”) + ἀρχός (arkhós, “leader”). Compare Alcēsimus (a name Plautus uses in Casina), also Greek ἄλκιμος (álkimos), Ἄλκηστις (Álkēstis).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Alcēsimarchus m sg (genitive Alcēsimarchī); second declension
- a male given name from Ancient Greek, character in the play Cistellaria of Plautus
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.