aclys
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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
First attested in Virgil’s Aeneid, taken from the Ancient Greek ἀγκῠλῐ́ς (ankulís, “hook”, “barb”).
Pronunciation
Noun
āclys f (genitive āclydis); third declension
- a small javelin attached to a strap
- 29–19 BC, P. Vergilius Maro (aut.), J.B. Greenough (ed.), Aeneis in The Bucolics, Æneid, and Georgics of Virgil (1900), bk vii, ll. 730f.:
- Teretes sunt aclydes illis tela, sed haec lento mos est aptare flagello.
- Their arms are tapered javelins, which they wear bound by a coiling thong. ― tr.: T.C. Williams, The Æneid of Virgil translated into English verse (1908), bk vii, p. 253
- Teretes sunt aclydes illis tela, sed haec lento mos est aptare flagello.
- c. AD 83–96, Ti. Catius Asconius Silius Italicus (aut.), J.D. Duff (ed.), Punica I (1927), bk iii, ll. 362f (p. 140):
- Iamque Ebusus Phoenissa movet, movet Arbacus arma, aclyde vel tenui pugnax instare veruto.
- Now Phoenician Ebusus rises in arms; and the Arbacians, fierce fighters with the dart or slender javelin. ― tr.: ibidem, p. 141
- Iamque Ebusus Phoenissa movet, movet Arbacus arma, aclyde vel tenui pugnax instare veruto.
- c. AD 205–220, Nonius Marcellus (aut.), W.M. Lindsay (ed.), De Conpendiosa Doctrina libri XX (1903), vol. III, bk xix, 554 M., l. 3 (p. 889):
- Aclydes, iacula brevia.
- Aclydes short javelins.
- Aclydes, iacula brevia.
- 1531, Franciscus Bonadus, Eximii prophetarum antiſtitis regia Dauidis oracula, p. 116:
- Cur modo præcipites Aclydas ſeponis ab arcu?
- Why do you now lay the swift javelins apart from the bow?
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:aclys.
- 29–19 BC, P. Vergilius Maro (aut.), J.B. Greenough (ed.), Aeneis in The Bucolics, Æneid, and Georgics of Virgil (1900), bk vii, ll. 730f.:
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | āclys | āclydēs |
| Genitive | āclydis | āclydum |
| Dative | āclydī | āclydibus |
| Accusative | āclydem | āclydēs āclydas |
| Ablative | āclyde | āclydibus |
| Vocative | āclys | āclydēs |
Related terms
- ancylista (New Latin)
References
- “aclys”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “āclys (āclis)”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- āclys in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 23/2.
- “aclys”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- “aclys” on page 28/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)