English Explanatory Dictionary

Aeschylus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A Greek dramatic poet (525 BCE—456 BCE); Aeschylus was the earliest of the three greatest Greek tragedians.
  2. A male given name from Ancient Greek.

Pronunciation

ĕskĭlŭs /ˈɛs.kə.ləs/ /ˈɛ.skə.ləs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Aeschylus.wav

Word forms

Aeschylus Æschylus

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Aeschylus, from Ancient Greek Αἰσχύλος (Aiskhúlos).

Related words

Euripides Sophocles

Derived words

Aeschylean

Translations

Aragonese: Esquilo Armenian: Էսքիլես Armenian: Էսքիլոս Old Armenian: Եսքիղոս Bulgarian: Есхил Catalan: Èsquil Chinese Mandarin: 埃斯庫羅斯 /埃斯库罗斯 Dutch: Aischylos Esperanto: Esĥilo Estonian: Aischylos Finnish: Aiskhylos French: Eschyle German: Äschylus German: Aischylos Greek: Αισχύλος Ancient Greek: Αἰσχύλος Hebrew: אייסכילוס Hungarian: Aiszkhülosz Interlingua: Eschylo Italian: Eschilo Japanese: アイスキュロス Kabuverdianu: Eskilo Korean: 아이스퀼로스 Latin: Aeschylus Limburgish: Aischylos Lithuanian: Aischilas Luxembourgish: Aischylos Macedonian: Есхил Polish: Ajschylos Portuguese: Ésquilo Russian: Эсхи́л Serbo-Croatian: Есхил Serbo-Croatian: Eshil Spanish: Esquilo Swedish: Aischylos Ukrainian: Есхі́л
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