Ἀχαιός
ἀλλ' ἐπὶ καὶ θανάτῳ φάρμακον κάλλιστον ἑᾶς ἀρετᾶς ἅλιξιν εὑρέσθαι σὺν ἄλλοις → even at the price of death, the fairest way to win his own exploits together with his other companions | but even at the risk of death would find the finest elixir of excellence together with his other companions | but to find, together with other young men, the finest remedy — the remedy of one's own valor — even at the risk of death
English (LSJ)
ά, όν,
A Achaean, Hom., etc.: hence as Subst., 1 Ἀχαιοί, οἱ, the Achaeans, in Hom. for the Greeks generally, Il.2.235, etc. 2 Ἀχαΐα, ἡ, Achaia in Peloponnese, Th., etc.; under the Romans, the prouince of Greece.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
Ἀχαιός: -ά, -όν, ὁ ἐξ Ἀχαίας, Λατ. Achivus, Ὅμ., κλ.· ἐντεῦθεν ὡς οὐσιαστ., 1) Ἀχαιοί, οἱ παρ’ Ὁμ. ἀντὶ τοῦ Ἕλληνες ἐν γένει, κυρίως δὲ Σπαρτιᾶται καὶ Ἀργεῖοι, Παυσ. 7. 1. 2) Ἀχαΐα, ἡ, ἐν Πελοποννήσῳ, Θουκ. κλ., ἀλλλ’ ὑπὸ τοὺς Ρωμαίους περιελάμβανεν ἅπασαν τὴν Ἑλλάδα, πλὴν τῆς Θεσσαλίας.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ά, όν :
d’Achaïe, achéen ; οἱ Ἀχαιοί les Achéens, peuple dont divers groupes habitaient la Thessalie, le Péloponnèse, les îles de Crète et d’Ithaque, et dont le nom désigne, dans Homère et Hésiode, toutes les populations de race grecque ; fém. αἱ Ἀχαιαί Achéennes, femmes grecques.
Étymologie: DELG beaucoup d’hypothèses, mais rien de sûr.
