Κῦρος

See also: κῦρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Old Persian 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 (kuruš).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kŷː.ros/ → /ˈcy.ros/ → /ˈci.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kŷː.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈky.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.ros/

Proper noun

Κῦρος • (Kûros) m (genitive Κῡ́ρου); second declension

1. Cyrus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Κῦρος; τοῦ Κῡ́ρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Κῦρος ho Kûros
Genitive	τοῦ Κῡ́ρου toû Kū́rou
Dative	τῷ Κῡ́ρῳ tôi Kū́rōi
Accusative	τὸν Κῦρον tòn Kûron
Vocative	Κῦρε Kûre
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Κῡ́ρειος (Kū́reios)

Descendants

• German: Kyros
• Greek: Κύρος (Kýros)
• Latin: Cyrus
• Old Armenian: Կիւրոս (Kiwros)
  • Armenian: Կյուրոս (Kyuros)

References

• “Κῦρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Κῦρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007