Of uncertain origin. InMycenaean Greek Linear B texts, the name𐀀𐀑𐀩𐀄 ( a-ki-re-u ) [ 1] 𐀀𐀑𐀩𐀸 ( a-ki-re-we ) [ 2] [ 3]
Since ancient times and in the present day, some have speculated that the name is connected toἄχος ( ákhos ,“ distress; grief ” ) andλαός ( laós ,“ people ” ) , as the grief Achilles causes people is a central theme of the Iliad.[ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
IPA (key ) : /a.kʰil.lěu̯s/ →/a.çilˈleɸs/ →/a.çiˈlefs/ Ἀχιλλεύς • (Akhilleús ) m genitive Ἀχιλλέως third declension
a malegiven name ,Achilles Case / # Singular Nominative Ἀχιλλεύς Akhilleús Genitive Ἀχιλλῆος Ἀχιλλέος Akhillêos / Akhilléos Dative Ἀχιλλῆῐ̈ Ἀχιλλέῐ̈ Akhillêĭ̈ / Akhilléĭ̈ Accusative Ἀχιλλῆᾰ Ἀχιλλέᾰ Akhillêă / Akhilléă Vocative Ἀχιλλεῦ Akhilleû Notes: Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.
^ Harvard Studies in Classical Philology , volume 76 (1972),→ISBN ^ Linear B, a 1984 Survey: Proceedings of the Mycenaean Colloquium (1985),→ISBN ^ Glotta: Zeitschrift für griechische und lateinische Sprache The Name of Achilles: a revised etymology , page 19: a-ki-re-u (nominative) and a-ki-re-we (dative) at Knosses (Vc 106) and Pylos (Fn 06) respectively ^ Leonard Palmer (1963 ),The Interpretation of Mycenaean Greek Texts , Oxford: Clarendon Press, page79 ^ Gregory Nagy (19 March 2015 (last accessed)), “The Name of Achilles: Questions of Etymology and “Folk-Etymology””, inHomer’s Text and Language [1] ^ Glotta: Zeitschrift für griechische und lateinische Sprache The Name of Achilles: a revised etymology , pages 19 through 21, summarizes Nagy's, Palmer's, and also Kretschmer's theories in this regard.“Ἀχιλλεύς Liddell & Scott (1940 ),A Greek–English Lexicon “Ἀχιλλεύς Liddell & Scott (1889 ),An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon , New York: Harper & Brothers Ἀχιλλεύς Diccionario Griego–Español “Ἀχιλλεύς Slater, William J. (1969 ),Lexicon to Pindar , Berlin: Walter de Gruyter Ἀχιλλεύς Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007 ),Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries Woodhouse, S. C. (1910 ),English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language [2] 999 
