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Cambyses

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English

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Καμβῡ́σης (Kambū́sēs).

Proper noun

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Cambyses

  1. An Old Persian male given name, particularly borne by Achaemenid kings of Persia.

Translations

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Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Καμβῡ́σης (Kambū́sēs).

View of the river Iori

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Cambȳsēs m sg (genitive Cambȳsis); third declension

  1. The name of several kings of Persia
  2. A river in Albania, rising in the Caucasus and flowing into the Cyrus, now the river Iori
  3. A river that flows into the Caspian Sea near the river Amardus

Declension

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Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Cambȳsēs
genitive Cambȳsis
dative Cambȳsī
accusative Cambȳsem
ablative Cambȳse
vocative Cambȳsēs
locative Cambȳsī
Cambȳse

References

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  • 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