Acrisius

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀκρίσιος (Akrísios). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈkrɪ.si.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈkriː.s̬i.us] === Proper noun === Acrisius m sg (genitive Acrisiī or Acrisī); second declension (Greek mythology) Acrisius (a mythical king of Argos, father of Danae) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Descendants ==== Italian: Acrisio === References === “Acrisius”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray “Acrisius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.