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Alcibiades

/ˌælsəˈbaɪədiz/

Alcibiades proper noun: a transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἀλκιβιάδης (Alkibiádēs), notably borne by Alcibiades (450–404 B.C.), a prominent Athenian statesman, orator, and general.

Proper noun

Alcibiades

  1. A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἀλκιβιάδης (Alkibiádēs), notably borne by Alcibiades (450–404 B.C.), a prominent Athenian statesman, orator, and general.
    • Alcibiades was a happy union of coxcomb and conqueror; but there was in him a want of that repose, and of that superb self-reliance, which characterises the Roman.1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 36–37

Origin of Alcibiades

From Latin Alcibiadēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀλκιβιάδης (Alkibiádēs).

Questions about Alcibiades

What does Alcibiades mean?
Alcibiades means a transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἀλκιβιάδης (Alkibiádēs), notably borne by Alcibiades (450–404 B.C.), a prominent Athenian statesman, orator, and general.
What part of speech is Alcibiades?
Alcibiades is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Alcibiades?
Alcibiades is pronounced /ˌælsəˈbaɪədiz/.

Words near Alcibiades in the dictionary

  1. alchymistical
  2. alchymists
  3. alchymy
  4. alcian blue
  5. alcian blues
  6. Alcibiades
  7. alcid
  8. Alcide
  9. Alcides
  10. alcidine
  11. alcids

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