English

Alternative forms

• Æneas (obsolete)
• (given name): Eneas

Proper noun

Aeneas

1. (Greek mythology) A Trojan hero and the legendary ancestor of Romans.
2. A male given name.

Usage notes

• Used as an anglicisation of Aonghas in Scotland and Ireland.

Quotations

• 1611, Bible (KJV), Acts 9:33-34::

  And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy. And Peter said unto him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately.

Related terms

• Aeneid

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Αἰνείας ‎(Aineías).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aiˈneː.aːs/

Proper noun

Aenēās m ‎(genitive Aenēae); first declension

1. Aeneas

Inflection

First declension, masculine Greek type with nominative singular in -ās.

References

• Aeneas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Aeneas”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Latin

Adjective

aēneās

1. accusative feminine plural of aēneus