Ξέρξης

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Ξέρξης. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Ξέρξης, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Ξέρξης in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Ξέρξης you have here. The definition of the word Ξέρξης will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofΞέρξης, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Ancient Greek

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Xerxes

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠 (Xšayāršā).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ksérk.sɛːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkserk.se̝s/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkserk.sis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkserk.sis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkserk.sis/

Proper noun

Ξέρξης • (Xérxēs) m (genitive Ξέρξου); first declension (Attic, Ionic)

a male given name, Xerxes, from Old Persian, the name of two kings of Persia.

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ξέρξης; τοῦ Ξέρξου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ξέρξης ho Xérxēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ξέρξου toû Xérxou
Dative	τῷ Ξέρξῃ tôi Xérxēi
Accusative	τὸν Ξέρξην tòn Xérxēn
Vocative	Ξέρξη Xérxē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ὁ Ξέρξης; τοῦ Ξέρξεω (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ξέρξης ho Xérxēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ξέρξεω / Ξέρξω toû Xérxeō / Xérxō
Dative	τῷ Ξέρξῃ tôi Xérxēi
Accusative	τὸν Ξέρξην tòn Xérxēn
Vocative	Ξέρξη Xérxē
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

Descendants

Greek: Ξέρξης (Xérxis)
→ Arabic: خَرْخَس (ḵarḵas)
→ Georgian: ქსერქსე (kserkse)
→ Alemannic German: Xerxes
→ Bulgarian: Ксеркс (Kserks)
→ Catalan: Xerxes
→ Czech: Xerxés
→ Danish: Xerxes
→ Dutch: Xerxes
→ English: Xerxes
→ Finnish: Kserkses
→ French: Xerxès
→ Galician: Xerxes
→ German: Xerxes
→ Hungarian: Xerxész
→ Italian: Serse
→ Japanese: クセルクセス (Kuserukusesu)
→ Korean: 크세르크세스 (keusereukeuseseu)
→ Latin: Xerxes (see there for further descendants)
→ Norwegian: Xerxes
→ Polish: Kserkses
→ Portuguese: Xerxes
→ Romanian: Xerxes
→ Russian: Ксеркс (Kserks)
→ Serbo-Croatian: Ксеркс, Kserks
→ Slovak: Xerxes
→ Slovene: Kserkses
→ Spanish: Jerjes
→ Swedish: Xerxes
→ Ukrainian: Ксеркс (Kserks)
→ Waray-Waray: Xerxes

Further reading

Ξέρξης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
“Ξέρξης”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,029

Wikious

Boobota

Sagapedia