Cambyses

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek Καμβῡ́σης (Kambū́sēs).

Proper noun

Cambyses

  1. An Old Persian male given name, particularly borne by Achaemenid kings of Persia.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Καμβῡ́σης (Kambū́sēs).

View of the river Iori

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Cambȳsēs m sg (genitive Cambȳsis); third declension

  1. The name of several kings of Persia
  2. A river in Albania, rising in the Caucasus and flowing into the Cyrus, now the river Iori
  3. A river that flows into the Caspian Sea near the river Amardus

Declension

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Cambȳsēs
Genitive Cambȳsis
Dative Cambȳsī
Accusative Cambȳsem
Ablative Cambȳse
Vocative Cambȳsēs
Locative Cambȳsī
Cambȳse

References

  • “Cambyses”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Cambyses in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “Cambyses”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • “Cambyses”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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