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Ăchaemĕnēs, is, m., = Ἀχαιμένης, the ancestor of the old Persian kings, grandfather of Cyrus: dives Achaemenes, poet. for great or Asiatic wealth in gen., Hor. C. 2, 12, 21.

Ăchaemĕnĭdes (Ache), is, m., a companion of Ulysses, Verg. A. 3, 614; Ov. M. 14, 161.

† ăchaemĕnis, ĭdis, f., = ἀχαιμενίς, an amber-colored plant in India, used in magical arts, Plin. 24, 17, 102; 26, 4, 9; App. Herb. 56.

Ăchaemĕnĭus, a, um, adj. [Achaemenes q. v.], Persian: urbes, Ov. M. 4, 212: costum, Hor. C. 3, 1, 44 al.

Ăchaetus, i, m., a river of Sicily, Sil. 14, 268.

1. Ăchaeus, i, m.

  1. I. Son of Xuthus, brother of Ion, and ancestor of the Achaei.
  2. II. A king of Lydia, Ov. Ib. 301.

2. Ăchaeus, a, um, adj., = Ἀχαιός.

  1. I. Belonging to Achaia; subst., an Achaean: Achaeis in finibus, Lucr. 6, 1114; Liv. 35, 13.
    1. B. In gen., Grecian; subst., a Greek (v. Achaia, II.), Juv. 3, 61; Stat. Th. 2, 164; Plin. 4, 7, 14.
  2. II. An inhabitant of a Greek colony on the Black Sea, Ov. Pont. 4, 10, 27.
  3. III. Portus Achaeorum, the harbor before Troy, where the Greeks landed, Plin. 4, 12, 26.

Ăchāia or (in poets) Ăchāĭa (quadrisyl.), ae, f. [Ἀχαία].

  1. I. The province of Achaia, in the northern part of the Peloponnesus, on the Gulf of Corinth, earlier called Aegialea (maritime country), Mel. 2, 3, 4; Plin. 4, 5, 6.
    Hence,
    1. B. In gen. (cf. the Homeric Ἀχαιοί), for Greece, opposite to Troja: et quot Troja tulit, vetus et quot Achaia formas, Prop. 2, 21, 53; cf. Ov. M. 8, 268; id. Her. 17, 209 al.
  2. II. After the destruction of Corinth by Mummius, B. C. 146, Greece proper became a Rom. prov. under the name of Achaia.
    Hence, Ăchāĭăs, ădis, adj., An Achaean or Greek woman, Ov. H. 3, 71.—Ăchāĭ-cus, a, um, adj., Achaean, Grecian.
  1. I. Poet., opp. to Trojan: manus, Verg. A. 5, 623: ignis, Hor. C. 1, 15, 35.
  2. II. Belonging to the Roman province Achaia: homines, Cic. Att. 1, 13, 1: negotium, id. Fam. 4, 4, 2: concilium, Liv. 43, 17, 4.
    Hence L. Mummius obtained, for the destruction of Corinth and the complete subjugation of Greece, the honorary title of Achaïcus. Vell. 1, 13, 2; Plin. 35, 4, 8, § 24; and so as surname of one of his descendants: Mummia Achaica, Suet. Galb. 3.—Ăchāĭs, ĭdis, adj., f.
  1. I. Achaean, Grecian: urbes, Ov. M. 5, 306.
  2. II. Subst., = Achaia, Achaia, Greece, Ov. M. 5, 577; 7, 504.— Ăchāĭus, a, um, adj.: Achaean, Grecian (poet. for Achaïcus and Achaeus): castra, Verg. A. 2, 462; so Sil. 14, 5; 15, 306.

ăchantum, i, n., a kind of frankincense, Veg. 1, 20.

ăchănum, i, n. [ἀχανής, mute, stupid, Gesner], a disease of animals, Veg. 3, 2.

Ăcharnae, ārum, f., a demus or borough of Attica, Stat. Th. 12, 623.
Hence, Ăcharnānus, a, um, of Acharnae, Nep. Them. 1.

ăcharnē, ēs, f., a sea-fish, Plin. 32. 11, 53, § 145. (Al. acarne.)

Ăcharrae, ārum, f., a town of Thessaly, Liv. 32, 13, 13.

    1. 1. † ăchātēs, ae, m. and f., = ὁ ἀχάτης, the agate, so called from Achates, a river in Sicily, where it was first found, Plin. 37, 10, 55; Sil. 14, 228.

2. Ăchātes, ae, m., a river in the southern part of Sicily, between Thermae and Selinus, now unknown, Plin. 3, 8, 14, § 90.

3. Ăchātes, ae, m., the armor-bearer and faithful friend of Aeneas, Verg. A. 1, 120; 174; Ov. Fast. 3, 603 al.

Ăchĕlōĭăs, ădis, patron. f. [Achelous], daughter of Achelous; hence (plur.), the Sirens, Ov. M. 14, 87: Parthenope, Sil. 12, 34; cf. the follg. art.

Ăchĕlōĭs, ĭdis, patron. f. [id.], daughter of Achelous; hence (plur.), the Sirens, Ov. M. 5, 552.

Ăchĕlōĭus, a, um, adj. [Achaemenes q. v.].

  1. I. Pertaining to the river Achelous, Verg. G. 1, 9; Ov. H. 16, 265: Callirrhoë, daughter of Achelous, id. M. 9, 413.
  2. II. Aetolian: heros, i. e. Tydeus, the son of Oeneus, king of Aetolia, Stat. Th. 2, 142.

Ăchĕlōŭs, i, m., Ἀχελῶος.

  1. I. A celebrated river of Middle Greece, which, rising in Pindus, separates Aetolia from Acarnania, and empties into the Ionian Sea, now the Aspropotamo, Mel. 2, 3, 10; Plin. 4, 1, 2 al.
    Hence,
  2. II. The river-god Achelous, Ov. M. 8, 549 sq.; 10, 8 sq.; Prop. 2, 34, 33 al.

Ăchēmĕnĭdes, is, v. Achaem.

Ăchĕrīni, ōrum, m., an unknown people in Sicily, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 43.

Ăchĕron, ntis (collat. form Acheros, Liv. 8, 24, 11; the form Acheruns, untis, see below), m., = Ἀχέρων (interpr. ὁ ἄχεα ῤέων, the stream of woe).

  1. I. A river in Epirus, which flows through the Lake Acherusia into the Ambracian Gulf, now Suli, Liv. 8, 24, 3; Plin. 4, 1, 1, § 4.
  2. II. A fabulous river in the Lower World: illi qui fluere apud inferos dicuntur, Acheron, Cocytus, Styx, etc., Cic. N. D. 3, 17: via Tartarei quae fert Acherontis ad undas, Verg. A., 6, 295 al.
    Hence,
    1. B. The Lower World itself: Acherontem obibo, ubi mortis thesauri objacent, Enn. ap. Fest. p. 201 Müll. (Trag. v. 278 ed. Vahl.): flectere si nequeo Superos, Acheronta movebo, Verg. A. 7, 312: perrupit Acheronta Herculeus labor, Hor. C. 1, 3, 36. In prose: ut eum suo sanguine ab Acheronte, si possent, cuperent redimere, Nep. Dion. 10, 2.
      Hence, Ăchĕrontēus, a, um, adj., pertaining to the Acheron, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 351.

Ăchĕrontĭa, ae, f., a small town of Apulia, near the frontiers of Lucania, situated on a hill, now Acerenza: celsa, Hor. C. 3, 4, 14.

Ăchĕrontĭcus, a, um, adj., belonging to the Acheron or the Lower World: stagna, Prud. Cath. 5, 127: libri, sacred books, written, according to tradition, by the Etruscan Tages, prob. relating to the Acherontian rites of the dead, Arn. adv. Gent. 2, p. 87; cf. Serv. ad Aen. 8, 398; and Müll. Etrusc. 1, p. 77.

Ăchĕros, v. Acheron init.

Ăchĕruns, untis, m. [v. Acheron] (f., Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 2; cf. Non. 191, 24; poet. in Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37; the u for o, as in Enn. and Lucr. frundes for frondes, acc. Gr. Acherunta, Lucr. 4, 170; 6, 251); a form much used by ante-class. poets, esp. by Plaut.,

  1. I. For Acheron no. II. B.: adsum atque advenio Acherunte, poet. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 16, 37; Rib. Trag. Rel. p. 245; si ab Acherunte veniam, Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 26; so Lucr. 3, 37; 628 al.
    And with the ending i (as in Karthagini): si neque hic neque Acherunti sum, ubi sum? Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 21; so id. Capt. 3, 5, 31; 5, 4, 1.
    Acheruntis pabulum, food for Acheron; said of a corrupt, abandoned man, in Plaut. Cas. 2, 1, 12: Acheruntis ostium, disparagingly of bad land, id. Trin. 2, 4, 124: mittere aliquem Acheruntem, to kill one, id. Cas. 2, 8, 12; and: abire ad Acheruntem, to die, id. Poen. prol. 71: ulmorum Acheruns, jestingly of a slave, upon whose back rods had been broken, id. Am. 4, 2, 9 (cf. Capt. 3, 4, 117).
    Hence, Ăchĕruntĭcus, a, um, adj., belonging to, or fit for, Acheruns, or the Lower World: regiones, Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 21: senex, i. e. with one foot in the grave, id. Merc. 2, 2, 19; id. Mil. 3, 1, 33.

Ăchĕrūsĭa, ae, f. [Acheruns].

  1. I. Acherusia Palus,
    1. A. A lake in Epirus, through which the Acheron flows, Plin. 4, 1, 1.
    2. B. A lake in Campania, between Misenum and Cumae, now Lago di Fusaro, Plin. 3, 5, 9.
  2. II. A cave in Bithynia, from which Cerberus is said to have been dragged, Mel. 1, 19, 7; Plin. 6, 1, 1; the same called Ăchĕrūsĭs, ĭdis, f., Val. Fl. 5, 73.

Ăchĕrūsĭus (old writing Acherunsius), a, um, adj. [Acheruns].

  1. I. Pertaining to the Acheron in Calabria: aqua, Liv. 8, 24.
  2. II. Pertaining to the Acheruns (Acheron), or the Lower World: templa, the Lower World, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 21, 48 (Trag. v. 107 ed. Vahl.); in Varr. L. L. 7, § 6 Müll.; and in Lucr. 1, 120; cf. Lucr. 3, 25 and 86: humor, Sil. 13, 398: vita, a life of gloom, Lucr. 3, 1024.
  3. III. Pertaining to Acheron in Epirus: amnis, Just. 12, 2, 3.

† āchĕta, ae, m., = ἀχέτης, ἠχέτης (sounding; pr. the chirper), the male singing cicada, Plin. 11, 26, 32, § 92.

Ăchilla, ae, v. Acholla.

Ăchillas, ae, m., the murderer of Pompey, Caes. B. C. 3, 104; 108; Luc. 8, 538.

ăchillēa, ae, f., a plant, perhaps the same as achilleos, Plin. 26, 15, 90.

Ăchillĕĭdes, v. Achillides.

Ăchillēĭs, ĭdis, f. [Achilles], a poem of Statius, of which only two books were finished, the Achilleid.

ăchillēos, i, f., = Ἀχίλλειος, sc. herba, a medicinal plant, said to have been discovered by Achilles, milfoil or yarrow, Plin. 25, 5, 19; cf. achillea.

Ăchilles, is, m., = Ἀχιλλεύς (poet., after the manner of the Gr.

  1. I. Nom., Achilleus, trisyl., Inscr. Grut. 669, 6.
    Gen. Achillei, quadrisyl., Hor. C. 1, 15, 34; id. Epod. 17, 14; and Achilli, as Neocli, Lacydi from Neocles, Lacydes, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 14; Verg. A. 3, 87; cf. Val. Prob. 1468 P.
    Acc. Achillĕa, Luc. 10, 523.
    Voc. Achille, Prop. 4, 11, 40.
    Abl. Achilli, Ov. Pont. 3, 3, 43), the celebrated Grecian hero in the Trojan war, distinguished for strength and beauty; son of Peleus, king of Thessaly, and of Thetis, Ov. M. 12 fin. and 13 init.; Stat. Achill. al. In the fine arts, Achilles is represented with hair long and erect, like a mane, a body straight and slender, nostrils (μυκτῆρες) distended with courage and pride, and a physical frame throughout noble and powerful, Müll. Arch. § 413.
  2. II. As an appellative, a nandsome and powerful man, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 63; Verg. A. 6, 89; Gell. 2, 11.
    Hence, Ăchillēus, a, um, adj., Ἀχίλλειος, of or pertaining to Achilles: stirpis Achilleae fastus, Verg. A. 3, 326: manes, Ov. M. 13, 448: statuae, statues like Achilles, Plin. 34, 5, 10: cothurnus, the lofty and grave tragic style (since Achilles was a hero of the early epos and drama): Achilleo conponere verba cothurno, Prop. 3, 32, 41 (Aeschyleo, Müller).
    Also, Ăchil-lĭăcus, a, um, Ven. 7, 8, 63.

Ăchillīdes, ae, patron. m. (more correct than Achilleides), = Ἀχιλλείδης, a descendant of Achilles, Ov. H. 8, 3.

Ăchīvus, a, um (gen. plur. Achivom, Verg. A. 11, 266), adj. [fr. Achaeus, with the Digamma, Achaefos, Achifus, Achivus], Achaean, Grecian (v. Achaia): tellus, Ov. Pont. 1, 4, 33: castra, id. H. 1, 21.
Hence, Ăchīvi, the Greeks, Cic. Div. 1, 14: quidquid delirant reges plectuntur Achivi, whatever wrongs the (Grecian) kings are guilty of (before Troy) their subjects must suffer for; but it soon became a general proverb: whatever errors the great commit, the people must atone for, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 14.

achlis, is, f., a wild beast of the North, which modern naturalists consider to be the same as the alces.
Acc. achlin, Plin. 8, 15, 16, § 39.

Ăcholla, ae, f. (also Achilla), a town in Africa, in the vicinity of Thapsus, now El-Aliah, Auct. B. Afr. 33.

† ăchor, ōris, m., = ἀχώρ, the scab or scald on the head, Macer. de Ruta, 1, 12; Theod. Prisc. 1, 5.

Achrădīna, or Acradina, ae, f., a part of the city of Syracuse, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 53; Liv. 25, 24, 10.

† achras, ădis and ădos, f., = ἀχράς, a wild pear-tree, Col. 7, 9, 6; 10, 15, 250.