Cyaxares

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κυαξάρης (Kuaxárēs), itself from Median, reflecting Old Iranian *hUvaxštra-.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Cyaxarēs m sg (genitive Cyaxaris); third declension

  1. A king of Media and son of Phraortes

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Cyaxarēs
Genitive Cyaxaris
Dative Cyaxarī
Accusative Cyaxarem
Ablative Cyaxare
Vocative Cyaxarēs

References

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