Aeschylus

== English == === Alternative forms === Æschylus === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Aeschylus, from Ancient Greek Αἰσχύλος (Aiskhúlos). === Pronunciation === enPR: ĕskĭlŭs, IPA(key): /ˈɛs.kə.ləs/, /ˈɛ.skə.ləs/ === Proper noun === Aeschylus A Greek dramatic poet (525 BCE—456 BCE); Aeschylus was the earliest of the three greatest Greek tragedians. (historical) A male given name from Ancient Greek. ==== Related terms ==== Aeschylean ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Euripides Sophocles === Further reading === “Aeschylus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Αἰσχύλος (Aiskhúlos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈae̯s.kʰy.ɫʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛs.ki.lus] === Proper noun === Aeschylus m sg (genitive Aeschylī); second declension Aeschylus, the Greek tragedian ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== English: Aeschylus French: Eschyle Italian: Eschilo === References === “Aeschylus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Aeschylus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.