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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀλυάττης (Aluáttēs), itself from Lydian 𐤥𐤠𐤩𐤥𐤤𐤯 (walwet).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Alyattēs m sg (genitive Alyattis); third declension
- A king of Lydia and father of Croesus
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
References
- “Alyattes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Alyattes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.