Archimedes

See also: Archimédes

English

Alternative forms

• Arkhimedes

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Archimēdēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀρχιμήδης (Arkhimḗdēs).

Pronunciation

• enPR: är′kə-mēʹdēz, IPA^(key): /ˌɑɹ.kəˈmiː.diːz/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌɑːkɪˈmiːdiːz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɑːɹkɪˈmiːdiːz/
• (Ghana) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ˈkɪ.mi.diːz/

Proper noun

Archimedes

1. An Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist and engineer (c. 287–212 BCE).
2. (astronomy) A large lunar impact crater on the eastern edges of the Mare Imbrium.

Derived terms

• Archimedean
• trammel of Archimedes

 

Translations

an ancient Greek mathematician

• Arabic: أَرْخِمِيدَس m (ʔarḵimīdas), أَرْشِمِيدَس m (ʔaršimīdas))
• Armenian: Արքիմեդ (Arkʿimed)
• Azerbaijani:

  Abjad: ارشميد (arshimīd)

  Roman: Arximed

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿基米德 (zh) (Ājīmǐdé)

• Czech: Archimédes m
• Esperanto: Arkimedo, Arĥimedo
• Finnish: Arkhimedes
• French: Archimède (fr) m
• German: Archimedes (de) m
• Greek: Αρχιμήδης (el) m (Archimídis)

  Ancient: Ἀρχιμήδης m (Arkhimḗdēs)

• Hungarian: Arkhimédész (hu)
• Italian: Archimede (it) m
• Japanese: アルキメデス (Arukimedesu)
• Khmer: អាកស៊ីម៉ែត (ʼaaksiimaet)
• Korean: 아르키메데스 (Areukimedeseu)
• Latin: Archimēdēs (la) m
• Persian: ارشمیدس (aršemides)
• Polish: Archimedes (pl) m
• Portuguese: Arquimedes m
• Romanian: Arhimede m
• Russian: Архиме́д (ru) m (Arximéd)
• Sicilian: Archimedi m, Archimiti m
• Spanish: Arquímedes
• Turkish: Arşimet
• Ukrainian: Архіме́д m (Arximéd)

a large lunar impact crater

See also

• Aristotle
• Plato
• Pythagoras
• Socrates

Further reading

• “Archimedes”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “Archimedean”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC, page 297, column 1.
• “Archimedes”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• demarchies

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀρχιμήδης (Arkhimḗdēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ar.kʰiˈmeː.deːs/, [ärkʰɪˈmeːd̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ar.kiˈme.des/, [ärkiˈmɛːd̪es]

Proper noun

Archimēdēs m sg (genitive Archimēdis); third declension

1. Archimedes
   1. A male given name of historical usage, notably borne by Archimedes of Syracuse (c. 287–212 BCE), Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, and engineer from Syracuse in Sicily

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Archimēdēs
Genitive	Archimēdis Archimēdī
Dative	Archimēdī
Accusative	Archimēdem Archimēdēn
Ablative	Archimēde
Vocative	Archimēdēs

Derived terms

• Archimēdēus
• Archimēdīus

 

Descendants

Descendants

• → Czech: Archimédes (learned)
• → Dutch: Archimedes (learned)
• → English: Archimedes (learned)
• → French: Archimède (learned)
• → German: Archimedes (learned)
• → Italian: Archimede (learned)
• → Polish: Archimedes (learned)
• → Portuguese: Archimedes, Arquimedes (learned)
• → Sicilian: Archimèdi (learned)
• → Spanish: Arquímedes (learned)

Further reading

• “Archimedes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Archimedes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 155/2.
• Archimedes in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 545

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Archimēdēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀρχιμήδης (Arkhimḗdēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ar.xiˈmɛ.dɛs/

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• Rhymes: -ɛdɛs
• Syllabification: Ar‧chi‧me‧des

Proper noun

Archimedes m pers

1. (engineering, historical, mathematics, physics) Archimedes (Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, and engineer)

Declension

Declension of Archimedes

	singular
nominative	Archimedes
genitive	Archimedesa
dative	Archimedesowi
accusative	Archimedesa
instrumental	Archimedesem
locative	Archimedesie
vocative	Archimedesie

Derived terms

adjectives

• archimedesowy
• Archimedesowy

 

Related terms

nouns

• aksjomat Archimedesa
• dźwignia Archimedesa
• prawo Archimedesa
• śruba Archimedesa

 

Further reading

• Archimedes in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Proper noun

Archimedes m

1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of Arquimedes.