Archimedes
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See also: Archimédes
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Archimēdēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀρχιμήδης (Arkhimḗdēs).
Pronunciation
- enPR: är′kə-mēʹdēz, IPA(key): /ˌɑɹ.kəˈmiː.diːz/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (UK) IPA(key): /ˌɑːkɪˈmiːdiːz/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˌɑːɹkɪˈmiːdiːz/
- (Ghana) IPA(key): /ɐˈkɪ.mi.diːz/
Proper noun
Archimedes
- A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἀρχιμήδης (Arkhimḗdēs), notably borne by Archimedes of Syracuse, an Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist and engineer (c. 287–212 BCE).
- (astronomy) A large lunar impact crater on the eastern edges of the Mare Imbrium.
Derived terms
Translations
an ancient Greek mathematician
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a large lunar impact crater
See also
Further reading
- “Archimedes”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E Smith, editors (1911), “Archimedean”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 297, column 1.
- “Archimedes”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀρχιμήδης (Arkhimḗdēs).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Archimēdēs m sg (genitive Archimēdis); third declension
- Archimedes
- a male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Archimedes of Syracuse (c. 287–212 BCE), Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, and engineer from Syracuse in Sicily
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Archimēdēs |
| genitive | Archimēdis Archimēdī |
| dative | Archimēdī |
| accusative | Archimēdem Archimēdēn |
| ablative | Archimēde |
| vocative | Archimēdēs |
Derived terms
Descendants
Descendants
- → Czech: Archimédes (learned)
- → Dutch: Archimedes (learned)
- → English: Archimedes (learned)
- → French: Archimède (learned)
- → German: Archimedes (learned)
- → Italian: Archimede (learned)
- → Polish: Archimedes (learned)
- → Portuguese: Archimedes, Arquimedes (learned)
- → Romanian: Arhimede (learned)
- → Sicilian: Archimèdi (learned)
- → Spanish: Arquímedes (learned)
Further reading
- “Archimedes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Archimedes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 155/2.
- Archimedes in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 545
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin Archimēdēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀρχιμήδης (Arkhimḗdēs).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Archimedes m pers
- (engineering, historical, mathematics, physics) Archimedes (Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, and engineer)
Declension
Declension of Archimedes
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Archimedes |
| genitive | Archimedesa |
| dative | Archimedesowi |
| accusative | Archimedesa |
| instrumental | Archimedesem |
| locative | Archimedesie |
| vocative | Archimedesie |
Derived terms
adjectives
Related terms
Further reading
- Archimedes in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Proper noun
Archimedes m
- Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of Arquimedes.