Κυαξάρης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Old Median *Huvaxšarah.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Κυαξάρης • (Kuaxárēsm (genitive Κυαξάρου); first declension
Κυαξάρης • (Kuaxárēsm (genitive Κυαξάρους); third declension

  1. Cyaxares

Inflection

or

Descendants

  • Greek: Κυαξάρης (Kyaxáris)
  • Latin: Cyaxares

References

  1. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) “4.2.873. *(H)uvaxšara-: *(H)uva-xš-ara-”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 217
  2. ^ Rüdiger Schmitt (2011) Iranische Personennamen in de Griechischen Literatur vor Alexander d. Gr. [Iranian Personal Names in Greek Literature before Alexander the Great] (Iranisches Personennamenbuch) (in German), volume 5A, pages 216-218