English Explanatory Dictionary

Archelaus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Any of various kings in the area of Macedonia dating from BC 399 to AD 6, most notably Herod Archelaus, an ethnarch of Samaria, Judea, and Idumea from 4 BC to 6 AD.
  2. A bishop of Mesopotamia under the emperor Probus, noted for his treatise on the Manichaean heresy dating to AD 277.
  3. A sculptor from Priene during the reign of Claudius, most noted for an image of Homer reputed to have been found in 1658.
  4. An Athenian or Milesian philosopher who was preceptor to Socrates, noted for the doctrine that heat and cold are the principles of all things.

Pronunciation

/ˌɑɹ.kəˈleɪ.əs/

Word forms

Archelaus
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