Achelous

== English == === Alternative forms === Acheloos Akheloos Acheloios === Etymology === From Latin Achelōus, from Attic Greek Ἀχελῷος (Akhelōîos), Epic Greek Ἀχελώϊος (Akhelṓïos), which is probably from Akkadian aḫu/aḫû + illu/elu/ilu; see also Etruscan [script needed] (Axlei) and [script needed] (Αυκηλως), which are probably from Akkadian aklu (“chieftain”) and Sumerian akil. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /ækɪˈloʊ.əs/ === Proper noun === Achelous A river in western Greece. (Greek mythology) Deity of water; later, patron deity of the Achelous River. ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀχελῷος (Akhelōîos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.kʰɛˈɫoː.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.keˈlɔː.us] === Proper noun === Achelōus m sg (genitive Achelōī); second declension a river in Greece, forming the boundary between Acarnania and Aetolia. Achelous, a Greek river god ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. === References === “Achelous”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Achelous”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly “Achelous”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.