Achilles
pronunciation
How to pronounce Achilles in British English:
UK [əˈkili:z]
How to pronounce Achilles in American English:
US [əˈkɪliz]
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- Noun:
- a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable--his `Achilles' heel'
Word Origin
- Achilles
- Greek hero of the Trojan War stories, son of Thetis and Peleus, his name is perhaps a compound of akhos "pain, grief" (see awe) + laos "the people, a people" (see lay (adj.)); or else it is from a pre-Greek language.
Example
- 1. Or would achilles insist on being there in person ?
- 2. An achilles tendon rupture can be partial or complete .
- 3. Surgery is often the best treatment option to repair an achilles tendon rupture .
- 4. With his muscles of iron and mighty powers , achilles quickly killed hector .
- 5. It 's a little tendon next to the achilles tendon where he had the friction .