Alexander, Alexandri:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension · variant: 3rd
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Age:
- Early
- Geography:
- Greece
Alexander; (common Greek name); (Alexander the Great - Macedonian king/general);
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | Alexander | Alexandri |
| Gen. | Alexandri | Alexandrorum |
| Dat. | Alexandro | Alexandris |
| Acc. | Alexandrum | Alexandros |
| Voc. | Alexander | Alexandri |
| Abl. | Alexandro | Alexandris |
Examples
- M
Liber X
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...conferre futuris 270notitiam; sed uincit adhuc natura latendi.summus Alexander regum, quem Memphis adorat,inuidit Nilo, misitque per ultima..." - A
Liber XX
Aulus Gellius
"...acroatici" cum in vulgus ab eo editos rex Alexander cognovisset atque ea tempestate armis exercitum omnem prope Asiam..." - A
Liber XIII
Aulus Gellius
"...matrem ita scripsisset: "Rex Alexander Iovis Hammonis filius Olympiadi matri salutem dicit", Olympias ei rescripsit ad hanc sententiam..." - A
Liber VII
Aulus Gellius
"...quoque Ennii tragoedia, quae inscribitur Alexander, et in satira M. Varronis, quae inscripta est dis paides hoi gerontes..." - A
Liber V
Aulus Gellius
"...equo memoratum est, quod, cum insidens in eo Alexander bello Indico et facinora faciens fortia in hostium cuneum..." - C
On Kings
Cornelius Nepos
"...antecesserunt rerum gestarum gloria: Philippus, Amyntae filius, et Alexander Magnus. Horum alter Babylone morbo consumptus est: Philippus Aegiis..." - C
Eumenes
Cornelius Nepos
"...summa rerum tradita esset tuenda eidem, cui Alexander moriens anulum suum dederat, Perdiccae - ex quo omnes coniecerant..." - T
Bacchides
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...miles Menelaust, ego Agamemno, idem Vlixes Lartius, Mnesilochust Alexander, qui erit exitio rei patriae suae; is Helenam avexit..."