Amytis

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄμυτις (Ámutis).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈa.my.tis/, [ˈämʏt̪ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.mi.tis/, [ˈäːmit̪is]

Proper noun

Amytis f sg (genitive Amytis); third declension

1. The daughter of Astyages, the wife of Cyrus and the mother of Cambyses

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Amytis
genitive	Amytis
dative	Amytī
accusative	Amytem
ablative	Amyte
vocative	Amytis

References

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