Iaxartes

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin Iaxartes, from Ancient Greek Ἰαξάρτης (Iaxártēs), from Old Persian [Term?].

Proper noun

Iaxartes

  1. The Syr Darya river.
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: [], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
      , II.ii.3:
      I would examine the Caspian Sea, and see where and how it exonerates itself, after it hath taken in Volga, Iaxartes, Oxus, and those great rivers; at the mouth of Obi, or where?

Latin

View of the river

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰαξάρτης (Iaxártēs).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Iaxartēs m sg (genitive Iaxartis); third declension

  1. The Syr Darya river

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Iaxartēs
Genitive Iaxartis
Dative Iaxartī
Accusative Iaxartem
Ablative Iaxarte
Vocative Iaxartēs

References

  • Iaxartes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Jaxartes”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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