Κῦρος

See also: κύρος and κῦρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

From Old Persian 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 (ku-u-ru-u-š /⁠Kuruš⁠/).

Alternative forms

• Κόρος (Kóros)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kŷː.ros/ → /ˈcy.ros/ → /ˈci.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kŷː.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈky.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.ros/

Proper noun

Κῦρος • (Kûros) m (genitive Κῡ́ρου); second declension

1. Cyrus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Κῦρος; τοῦ Κῡ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Κῦρος ho Kûros
Genitive	τοῦ Κῡ́ρου toû Kū́rou
Dative	τῷ Κῡ́ρῳ tôi Kū́rōi
Accusative	τὸν Κῦρον tòn Kûron
Vocative	Κῦρε Kûre
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Κῡ́ρειος (Kū́reios)

Descendants

• Greek: Κύρος (Kýros)
• → German: Kyros
• → Latin: Cyrus
• → Old Armenian: Կիւրոս (Kiwros)

Further reading

• “Κῦρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Κῦρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007

Etymology 2

Related to Old Armenian Կուր (Kur). Perhaps from Urartian 𒆳𒄣𒊑𒀀𒉌 (^KURqu-ri-a-ni /⁠Quriani⁠/), a land possibly in the upper reaches of the Kura river.

Proper noun

Κῦρος • (Kûros) m (genitive Κῡ́ρου); second declension

2. Kura (a river in the Armenian Highland, forming the boundary between Armenia and Caucasian Albania).

Descendants

• → Latin: Cyrus
• → Russian: Кура́ (Kurá)
  • → English: Kura