Aeschines

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Etymology[edit]

From Latin Aeschinēs or its etymon, Ancient Greek Αἰσχῐ́νης (Aiskhínēs).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛskɪniːz/, /ˈiːskɪniːz/

Proper noun[edit]

Aeschines

  1. (Ancient Greece) A celebrated Greek statesman and orator (389–314 B.C.E.; full name Αἰσχίνης Ἀτρομήτου Κοθωκίδης, Aeschines Atrometi f. Cothocides), one the Canon of Ten Attic Orators.

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Αἰσχῐ́νης (Aiskhínēs).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Aeschinēs m sg (genitive Aeschinis); third declension

  1. (Ancient Greece) Aeschines

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Aeschinēs
Genitive Aeschinis
Dative Aeschinī
Accusative Aeschinem
Ablative Aeschine
Vocative Aeschinēs

Descendants[edit]

  • Dutch: Aeschines
  • English: Aeschines
  • French: Eschine
  • Italian: Eschine

References[edit]

  • Aeschines”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • Aeschines in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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