Arcas

See also: arcas

English

Proper noun

Arcas

1. plural of Arca

Anagrams

• ACARS, Ascra, Caras, ascar, sacar, sacra

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀρκάς (Arkás).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.kas/, [ˈärkäs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.kas/, [ˈärkäs]

Proper noun

Arcas m (genitive Arcadis); third declension

1. Arcas, a mythical son of Jupiter and Callisto; the greatest hunter and legendary eponymous king of Arcadia in Ancient Greece
2. an Arcadian; an inhabitant of the Arcadia region of the Peloponnese in Greece

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Arcas	Arcadēs
Genitive	Arcadis	Arcadum
Dative	Arcadī	Arcadibus
Accusative	Arcadem	Arcadēs
Ablative	Arcade	Arcadibus
Vocative	Arcas	Arcadēs

References

• “Arcas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Arcas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Arcas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 154.
• Arcas in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 540