Jump to content

Cyaxares

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Latin

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Old Median *Huvaxšarah via Ancient Greek Κυαξάρης (Kuaxárēs).

Pronunciation

[edit]

Proper noun

[edit]

Cyaxarēs m sg (genitive Cyaxaris); third declension

  1. A king of Media and son of Phraortes

Declension

[edit]

Third-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Cyaxarēs
genitive Cyaxaris
dative Cyaxarī
accusative Cyaxarem
ablative Cyaxare
vocative Cyaxarēs

References

[edit]
  • Cyaxares”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray