Plutarchus

== Latin == === Etymology === From Koine Greek Πλούτᾰρχος (Ploútărkhos, from Ancient Greek πλοῦτος (ploûtos, “riches; Pluto”) +‎ ἀρχός (arkhós, “ruler”)). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɫuːˈtar.kʰʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pluˈtar.kus] === Proper noun === Plūtarchus m sg (genitive Plūtarchī); second declension Plutarch of Chaeronea (Lūcius Mestrius Plūtarchus, ca. 46 CE – 120 CE), a celebrated Graeco-Roman philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi; best known for writing his Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans, a biographical series commonly referred to as Plutarch's Parallel Lives. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to Greek Πλούταρχος (Ploútarchos) or English Plutarch ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== Asturian: Plutarcu Catalan: Plutarc → Dutch: Plutarchus → German: Plutarch → English: Plutarch French: Plutarque Galician: Plutarco Italian: Plutarco Occitan: Plutarc → Polish: Plutarch Portuguese: Plutarco, Plutarcho Romanian: Plutarh Sicilian: Plutarcu Spanish: Plutarco === Further reading === “Plūtarchus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1192. Plūtarchus in Georges, Karl Ernst; Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 1747