Cambyses

From Ancient Greek Καμβῡ́σης (Kambū́sēs).

Cambyses

1. An Old Persian male given name, particularly borne by Achaemenid kings of Persia.

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Καμβῡ́σης (Kambū́sēs).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kamˈbyː.seːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kamˈbiː.s̬es]

Cambȳsēs m sg (genitive Cambȳsis); third declension

1. The name of several kings of Persia
2. a river in Albania, rising in the Caucasus and flowing into the Cyrus, now the river Iori
3. A river that flows into the Caspian Sea near the river Amardus

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

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• Cambyses in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Cambyses”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “Cambyses”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly