Agathocles

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀγαθοκλῆς (Agathoklês).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈɡa.tʰo.kleːs/, [äˈɡät̪ʰɔkɫ̪eːs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈɡa.to.kles/, [äˈɡäːt̪okles]

Proper noun

Agathoclēs m sg (genitive Agathoclis); third declension

A king of Sicily
A Greek author

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Agathoclēs
Genitive	Agathoclis
Dative	Agathoclī
Accusative	Agathoclem
Ablative	Agathocle
Vocative	Agathoclēs

Derived terms

Agathoclēus

References

“Agathocles”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Agathocles in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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