Meaning of Achilles | Babel Free
[aˈkʰɪl.leːs]Equivalents
العربية
أَخِيل
Català
Aquil·les
Čeština
Achilleus
Dansk
Achilleus
Deutsch
Achilleus
Ελληνικά
Αχιλλέας
English
Achilles
Español
Aquiles
Français
Achille
Magyar
Akhilleusz
Հայերեն
Աքիլլես
Italiano
Achille
ქართული
აქილევსი
한국어
아킬레스
Македонски
Ахил
Nederlands
Achilles
Português
Aquiles
Slovenščina
Ahil
Türkçe
Asil
Tiếng Việt
A-sin
Examples
“"Cōnsule." "Cūr Aiāx, hērōs ab Achille secundus, pūtēscit, totiēns servātīs clārus Achīvīs?"”
"Pray, do." "Why does Ajax, a hero second only to Achilles, lie rotting, though so often he won glory by saving the Greeks?"
“Ūnxere mātrēs Īliae additum ferīs ālitibus atque canibus homicīdam Hectorem, postquam relictīs moenibus rēx prōcidit”
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“Īrācunda diem proferet Īliō mātrōnisque Phrygum classis Achilleī; post certās hiemēs ūret Achāicus”
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“foedāvitque comās, et tantī corpus Achillī”
1990 translation by G. P. Goold she soiled her hair and in her little hand took up the body of the huge Achilles and his giant bones
“At nōn Actoridēs lectum temerāvit Achillis”
1929 translation by J. H. Mozley, revised by G. P. Goold But, you will say, the son of Actor stained not Achilles' couch
“praemia nec Chīrōn ab Achillē tālia cēpit”
1924 translation by A. L. Wheeler, revised by G. P. Goold nor did Chiron receive such a reward from Achilles
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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