Alcides

From Latin Alcīdes, from Ancient Greek Ἀλκείδης (Alkeídēs), from Ἀλκαῖος (Alkaîos, “Alcaeus”) + patronymic suffix -ίδης (-ídēs).

Alcides

1. (Greek mythology, archaic) Synonym of Hercules.

Alcides

1. plural of Alcide

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀλκείδης (Alkeídēs)

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aɫˈkiː.deːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [al̠ʲˈt͡ʃiː.d̪es]

Alcīdēs m sg (genitive Alcīdae); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) synonym of Herculēs

First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs), singular only.

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

From Greek, meaning "descendant of Alcaeus".

• Hyphenation: Al‧ci‧des

Alcides m

1. a male given name from Greek