Acoetes

Acœtes English Alternative forms en Acœtes archaic Etymology Borrowed from en la Acoetēs. Pronunciation en /əˈsiːtiːz/ RP Proper noun en Greek mythology Roman mythology One of several mythological characters. An attendant of Bacchus. The father of Laocoön. A Theban character in Statius’s Thebaid. Translations Acoetes Greek: el Ακοίτης m Ancient Greek: grc Ἀκοίτης m Italian: it Acete m Latin: la Acoetēs m Portuguese: pt Acetes m Russian: ru Ако́йт m, ru Аке́т m Spanish: es Acetes m Further reading Anagrams en aceeost acetose coatees en Individuals Latin Etymology la Acoetēs :bor grc:Ἀκοίτης + 1 Pronunciation Acoetēs Proper noun Acoetēs<1> la Greek mythology Roman mythology One of several mythological characters. An attendant of Bacchus. la Ovid Metamorphoses 3 582 Ille metu vacuus ‘nomen mihi’ dixit ‘Acoetes,patria Maeonia est, humili de plebe parentes.’ Without fear, he answers ‘My name is Acoetes, and Maeonia is my country, my parents humble ordinary people.’ A. S. Kline 2000 The father of Laocoön. la Virgil Aeneid 11 30 Sic ait inlacrimans, recipitque ad limina gressumcorpus ubi exanimi positum Pallantis Acoetesservabat senior, qui Parrhasio Euandroarmiger ante fuit, sed non felicibus aequetum comes auspiciis caro datus ibat alumno. So he spoke, weeping, and retraced his steps to the thresholdwhere Pallas’s lifeless corpse was laid, watchedby old Acoetes, who before had been armour-bearerto Arcadian Evander, but then, under less happy auspices,set out as the chosen guardian for his dear foster-child. A. S. Kline 2002 A Theban character in Statius’s Thebaid. la Statius Thebais 8 444 Abstulit ex umero dextram Calydonius AgreusPhegeos: illa suum terra tenet improba ferrumet mouet; extimuit sparsa inter tela iacentempraegrediens truncamque tamen percussit Acoetes. Calydonian Agreus cut the right arm of Phegeus from off its shoulder: on the ground it holds the sword in unyielding grip and shakes it: Acoetes advancing feared it as it lay amid the scattered weapons, and struck at it, severed though it was. J. H. Mozley 1928 Declension Acoetēs<1> Descendants ca Acet en Acoetes de Akoites it Acete lt Akoitas pt Acetes ru Аке́т Ако́йт es Acetes References Acœtēs 23/2 la Individuals