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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀμυρταίος (Amurtaíos), from Demotic jmn-jr-dj-s.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Amyrtaeus m sg (genitive Amyrtaeī); second declension
- A king of Egypt conquered by Cambyses
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
References
- “Amyrtaeus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray