COMPOUND: Ἀρκεσίλαος, -ου 
CATEGORIZATION: N [V+N]
MEANING: ‘Arcesilao’ (son of Lyeus, and leader of the Boeotians), ‘defender of people?’ 
ETYMOLOGY: verbal stem ἀρκεσι- (ἀρκέω) ‘ward off, keep off, defend’ + λαός ‘men or people’
OCCURRENCE: Il. II, 495; Od. XV, 329
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. m. sg.,  acc. sg.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: subordinate (V-argument) – tatpuruṣa (V-governing)
NOTES: unclear etimology for -σι-