Aeneas
/ɪˈniː.əs/ name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A Trojan hero and the legendary ancestor of Romans. Greek
- 2 A male given name from Ancient Greek.
"And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy. And Peter said unto him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately."
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More examples"With a sudden chill weakening every part of his body, Aeneas groans and, stretching both hands to the stars, cries out thus: "O thrice and four times blessed, whose lot it was to perish before the faces of their fathers under the high walls of Troy!""
Etymology
From Latin Aenēās, from Ancient Greek Αἰνείας (Aineías).