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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Persian 𐎣𐎲𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹 (Kaᵐbūjiyaʰ). See also Kamboja.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kam.by̌ː.sɛːs/ → /kamˈby.sis/ → /kamˈbi.sis/
Proper noun
Καμβῡ́σης • (Kambū́sēs) m (genitive Καμβῡ́σου); first declension
- Cambyses
Inflection
Descendants
Further reading
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,004