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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀμύντας (Amúntas).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Amyntās m sg (genitive Amyntae); first declension
- The name of various kings of Macedonia, as well as other Greek and Hellenistic kings and generals
Declension
First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ās), singular only.
Descendants
References
- Amyntas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Amyntas”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray