Meanings
proper noun
alternative archaic Æneas · alternative Eneas
- GreekRomanhuman sciencesA Trojan hero and the legendary ancestor of Romans.
- 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.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts 9:33-34
Origin
- Ancient GreekΑἰνείας
- LatinAenēās
- EnglishAeneas
Borrowed from Latin Aenēās, from Ancient Greek Αἰνείας (Aineías).
More words from Latin, Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek Αἰνείας
- Αἰνείας (Aineías)Trojan hero
Bulgarian Еней
- Еней (Enej)Trojan hero
Catalan Enees
- EneesTrojan hero
Chinese Mandarin 埃涅阿斯
- 埃涅阿斯 (Āiniè'āsī)Trojan hero
Danish Æneas
- ÆneasTrojan hero
French Énée, Ænée
- ÉnéeTrojan hero
- ÆnéeTrojan hero
German Äneas
- ÄneasTrojan hero
Greek Αινείας
- Αινείας (Aineías)Trojan hero
Hindi एनियास
- एनियास (eniyās)Trojan hero
Hungarian Aeneas
- AeneasTrojan hero
Italian Enea
- EneaTrojan hero
Latin Aenēās
- AenēāsTrojan hero
Polish Eneasz
- EneaszTrojan hero
Portuguese Eneias
- EneiasTrojan hero
Romanian Ene
- EneTrojan hero
Russian Эне́й
- Эне́й (Enɛ́j)Trojan hero
Slovak Eneas
- EneasTrojan hero
Spanish Eneas
- EneasTrojan hero
Swedish Aeneas, Eneas
- AeneasTrojan hero
- EneasTrojan hero
Ukrainian Ене́й
- Ене́й (Enéj)Trojan hero
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Cite this entry
APA
Aeneas. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Aeneas
MLA
“Aeneas.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Aeneas. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Aeneas,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Aeneas.
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