Cambyses
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek Καμβῡ́σης (Kambū́sēs).
Proper noun
[edit]Cambyses
- An Old Persian male given name, particularly borne by Achaemenid kings of Persia.
Translations
[edit]Old Persian male given name
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek Καμβῡ́σης (Kambū́sēs).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kamˈbyː.seːs/, [kämˈbyːs̠eːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kamˈbi.ses/, [kämˈbiːs̬es]
Proper noun
[edit]Cambȳsēs m sg (genitive Cambȳsis); third declension
- The name of several kings of Persia
- A river in Albania, rising in the Caucasus and flowing into the Cyrus, now the river Iori
- A river that flows into the Caspian Sea near the river Amardus
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Cambȳsēs |
Genitive | Cambȳsis |
Dative | Cambȳsī |
Accusative | Cambȳsem |
Ablative | Cambȳse |
Vocative | Cambȳsēs |
Locative | Cambȳsī Cambȳse |
References
[edit]- “Cambyses”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Cambyses in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Cambyses”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- “Cambyses”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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