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