Achelous

English

Alternative forms

• Acheloos
• Akheloos
• Acheloios

Etymology

From Latin Achelōus, from Attic Greek Ἀχελῷος (Akhelôios), Epic Greek Ἀχελώϊος (Akhelṓïos), which is probably from Akkadian aḫu/aḫû + illu/elu/ilu; see also Etruscan [script needed] (Axlei) and [script needed] (Αυκηλως), which are probably from Akkadian aklu (“chieftain”) and Sumerian akil.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ækɪˈloʊ.əs/

Proper noun

Achelous

1. A river in western Greece
2. (Greek mythology) Deity of water; later, patron deity of the Achelous River.

Translations

river

• French: Achéloos (fr) m, Achéloüs (fr) m
• Greek: Αχελώος (el) m (Achelóos)

  Ancient Greek: Ἀχελῷος m (Akhelôios)

• Portuguese: Aqueloo m
• Russian: Ахело́й (ru) m (Axelój)

deity

• French: Achéloos (fr) m, Achéloüs (fr) m
• Greek: Αχελώος (el) m (Achelóos)

  Ancient Greek: Ἀχελῷος m (Akhelôios)

• Portuguese: Aqueloo m
• Russian: Ахело́й (ru) m (Axelój)

Latin

View of the river

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀχελῷος (Akhelôios).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.kʰeˈloː.us/, [äkʰɛˈɫ̪oːʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.keˈlo.us/, [äkeˈlɔːus]

Proper noun

Achelōus m sg (genitive Achelōī); second declension

1. A river in Greece, forming the boundary between Acarnania and Aetolia.
2. Achelous, a Greek river god
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses 8.560:

     Adnuit Aegides, “utar” que “Acheloe, domoque / consilioque tuo” respondit; et usus utroque est.

     Theseus approved, and responded "I will use, Achelous, [your] home and [your] advice"; and [there] is a use of both.

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Achelōus
Genitive	Achelōī
Dative	Achelōō
Accusative	Achelōum
Ablative	Achelōō
Vocative	Achelōe

References

• “Achelous”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Achelous”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Achelous in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.