Achaemenes

See also: Achæmenes

English

Alternative forms

• Achæmenes

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀχαιμένης (Akhaiménēs), itself from Old Persian 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁 (Haxāmaniš).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈkɛməniːz/

Proper noun

Achaemenes

1. The founder of the Achaemenid dynasty.

Translations

the founder of the Achaemenid dynasty

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: Աքեմեն (Akʻemen)
• Czech: Achaimenés m
• Esperanto: Aĥemeno
• French: Achéménès m
• Greek: Αχαιμένης (el) m (Achaiménis)

  Ancient: Ἀχαιμένης (Akhaiménēs)

• Old Persian: 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁 (h-x-a-m-n-i-š /⁠Haxāmaniš⁠/)
• Persian: هخامنش (fa) (haxâmaneš)
• Portuguese: Aquemenes m
• Russian: Ахеме́н (ru) m (Axemén)
• Spanish: Aquémenes m

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἀχαιμένης (Akhaiménēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈkʰae̯.me.neːs/, [äˈkʰäe̯mɛneːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈke.me.nes/, [äˈkɛːmenes]

Proper noun

Achaemenēs m sg (genitive Achaemenis); third declension

1. Achaemenes, first ruler of the Persian Achaemenid dynasty

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Achaemenēs
genitive	Achaemenis
dative	Achaemenī
accusative	Achaemenem
ablative	Achaemene
vocative	Achaemenēs

References

• “Achaemenes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Achaemenes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Achaemenes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.