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English
Etymology
From Latin Seleucus, from Ancient Greek Σέλευκος (Séleukos).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Seleucus
- A male given name from Ancient Greek, particularly Seleucus I Nicator, founder of the Seleucid Empire.
Translations
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σέλευκος (Séleukos).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Seleucus m sg (genitive Seleucī); second declension
- the name of several kings of Syria (their ancestor, Seleucus Nicator, a general of Alexander the Great after the latter’s death founded the kingdom of the Seleucidae)
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- the name of a mathematician and confidant of Vespasian
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- the name of a servant of Quintus Lepta
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- the name of a player on the cithern
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Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Descendants
References
- “Sĕleucus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Sĕleucus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “1,417/2”
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