Academus

English

Proper noun

Academus

(Greek mythology) An Athenian hero who saved Athens by preventing an invasion by Castor and Pollux.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀκάδημος (Akádēmos).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /a.kaˈdeː.mus/, [äkäˈd̪eːmʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.kaˈde.mus/, [äkäˈd̪ɛːmus]

Proper noun

Acadēmus m sg (genitive Acadēmī); second declension

(Greek mythology) An Athenian hero who saved Athens by preventing an invasion by Castor and Pollux.

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Acadēmus
Genitive	Acadēmī
Dative	Acadēmō
Accusative	Acadēmum
Ablative	Acadēmō
Vocative	Acadēme

References

“Academus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“Academus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Academus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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