Atossa

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Translingual

Proper noun

Atossa

  1. Synonym of Vicia (“legume genus”)
  2. Synonym of Nossa (“moth genus”)
  3. Synonym of Grammoechus (“beetle genus”)

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄτοσσα (Átossa), itself from Old Persian *Hutauθā.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Atossa f sg (genitive Atossae); first declension

  1. The daughter of Cyrus and wife of Darius

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Atossa
genitive Atossae
dative Atossae
accusative Atossam
ablative Atossā
vocative Atossa

References

  • “Atossa”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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