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Ancient Greek
Etymology
ἀρχι- (arkhi-) + μήδεα (mḗdea) + -ης (-ēs)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ar.kʰi.mɛ̌ː.dɛːs/ → /ar.çiˈmi.ðis/ → /ar.çiˈmi.ðis/
Proper noun
Ᾰ̓ρχῐμήδης • (Arkhimḗdēs) m (genitive Ᾰ̓ρχῐμήδους); third declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Archimedes
- in particular, the 3rd century BCE mathematician Archimedes of Syracuse
Inflection
Descendants
References
- Ἀρχιμήδης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,002