Seleucus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin Seleucus, from Ancient Greek Σέλευκος (Séleukos). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˌsɛleˈukəs/, /ˌsɛlˈjukəs/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /səˈluːkəs/, /səˈljuːkəs/ === Proper noun === Seleucus A male given name from Ancient Greek, particularly Seleucus I Nicator, founder of the Seleucid Empire. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σέλευκος (Séleukos). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sɛˈɫɛu̯.kʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [seˈlɛːu̯.kus] === Proper noun === Seleucus m sg (genitive Seleucī); second declension the name of several kings of Syria (their ancestor, Seleucus Nicator, a general of Alexander the Great after the latter’s death founded the kingdom of the Seleucidae) (Can we find and add a quotation of Junianus Justinus to this entry?) the name of a mathematician and confidant of Vespasian (Can we find and add a quotation of Tacitus to this entry?) the name of a servant of Quintus Lepta the name of a player on the cithern (Can we find and add a quotation of Juvenal to this entry?) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. ==== Descendants ==== English: Seleucus ?Italian: Seleuco ?Portuguese: Seleuco === References === “Sĕleucus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Sĕleucus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “1,417/2” === Further reading === Seleucus on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la