Καμβύσης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Persian 𐎣𐎲𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹 (k-b-u-ji-i-y /⁠Kaᵐbūjiya⁠/). See also Kamboja.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kam.by̌ː.sɛːs/ → /kamˈby.sis/ → /kamˈbi.sis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kam.by̌ː.sɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kamˈby.se̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kamˈby.sis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kamˈby.sis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kamˈbi.sis/

Proper noun

Καμβῡ́σης • (Kambū́sēs) m (genitive Καμβῡ́σου); first declension

1. Cambyses

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Καμβῡ́σης; τοῦ Καμβῡ́σου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Καμβῡ́σης ho Kambū́sēs
Genitive	τοῦ Καμβῡ́σου toû Kambū́sou
Dative	τῷ Καμβῡ́σῃ tôi Kambū́sēi
Accusative	τὸν Καμβῡ́σην tòn Kambū́sēn
Vocative	Καμβῡ́ση Kambū́sē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Καμβύσης (Kamvýsis)
• → Latin: Cambȳsēs

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,004