Achaemenes

See also: Achæmenes

English

Alternative forms

Achæmenes (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Achaemenes, from Ancient Greek Ἀχαιμένης (Akhaiménēs), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁 (Haxāmaniš).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /əˈkɛməniːz/
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Proper noun

Achaemenes

The founder of the Achaemenid dynasty.

Derived terms

Related terms

Achaemenid

Translations

the founder of the Achaemenid dynasty

Arabic: هَخَامَنِش m (haḵāmaniš), أخيمينيس m (via Greek)
Armenian: Աքեմեն (Akʻemen)
Azerbaijani: Həxaməniş
Czech: Achaimenés m
Esperanto: Aĥemeno
French: Achéménès m
German: Achämenes m
Greek: Αχαιμένης (el) m (Achaiménis)
Ancient: Ἀχαιμένης (Akhaiménēs)
Hindi: हख़ामन m (haxāman)
Italian: Achemene m
Latin: Achaemenes m
Old Persian: 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁 (h-x-a-m-n-i-š /⁠Haxāmaniš⁠/)
Persian: هخامنش (fa) (haxâmaneš)
Portuguese: Aquemenes m
Russian: Ахеме́н (ru) m (Axemén)
Spanish: Aquémenes m
Tajik: Ҳахоманиш (Haxomaniš)
Turkish: Hahameniş
Urdu: ہَخامَنِش m (haxāmaniś)
Uzbek: Haxomanish

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀχαιμένης (Akhaiménēs), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁 (Haxāmaniš).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aˈkʰae̯.mɛ.neːs]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [aˈkɛː.me.nes]

Proper noun

Achaemenēs m sg (genitive Achaemenis); third declension

Achaemenes (the founder of the Achaemenid dynasty)

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Achaemenēs
genitive	Achaemenis
dative	Achaemenī
accusative	Achaemenem
ablative	Achaemene
vocative	Achaemenēs

Descendants

English: Achaemenes, Achæmenes (archaic)
French: Achéménès, Achæménès, Achémène, Achæmène (archaic)
German: Achämenes
Italian: Achemene

References

“Achaemenes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“Achaemenes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Achaemenes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.