Amyrtaeus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀμυρταίος (Amurtaíos), from Demotic jmn-jr-dj-s.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.myrˈtae̯.us/, [ämʏrˈt̪äe̯ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.mirˈte.us/, [ämirˈt̪ɛːus]

Proper noun

Amyrtaeus m sg (genitive Amyrtaeī); second declension

1. A king of Egypt conquered by Cambyses

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Amyrtaeus
genitive	Amyrtaeī
dative	Amyrtaeō
accusative	Amyrtaeum
ablative	Amyrtaeō
vocative	Amyrtaee

References

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