Achaemenides

See also: achaemenides

English

Etymology

Achaemenide +‎ -s

Noun

Achaemenides

1. plural of Achaemenide

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀχαιμενίδης (Akhaimenídēs). By surface analysis, Achaemenes +‎ -idēs.

Noun

Achaemenidēs m sg (genitive Achaemenidae); first declension

1. (history) Achaemenid

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs).

	singular	plural
nominative	Achaemenidēs	Achaemenidae
genitive	Achaemenidae	Achaemenidārum
dative	Achaemenidae	Achaemenidīs
accusative	Achaemenidēn	Achaemenidās
ablative	Achaemenidē	Achaemenidīs
vocative	Achaemenidē	Achaemenidae

Descendants

• English: Achaemenid, Achaemenide (archaic), Achæmenid, Achæmenide (obsolete)
• French: Achéménide, Achæménide (archaic)
• German: Achämenide
• Italian: achemenide

Further reading

• “Achaemenides”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.