Κῦρος
See also: κῦρος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Old Persian 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 (kuruš).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kŷː.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈky.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈcy.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈcy.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈci.ros/
Proper noun
Κῦρος • (Kûros) m (genitive Κῡ́ρου); second declension
Inflection
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
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