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Meaning of Achilles | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
[aˈkʰɪl.leːs]

Equivalents

العربية أَخِيل
Català Aquil·les
Čeština Achilleus
Dansk Achilleus
Deutsch Achilleus
Ελληνικά Αχιλλέας
English Achilles
Esperanto Aĥilo Akilo
Español Aquiles
Français Achille
Magyar Akhilleusz
Հայերեն Աքիլլես
Italiano Achille
ქართული აქილევსი
한국어 아킬레스
Kurdî ahil asil
Македонски Ахил
Nederlands Achilles
Polski Achil Achilles
Português Aquiles
Русский Ахилл Ахиллес
Slovenščina Ahil
Svenska Achilles Akilles
Türkçe Asil
Українська Ахі́лл Ахіллес
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.

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