Pasargadae

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Pasargadae, from Ancient Greek Πασαργάδαι (Pasargádai), ultimately from Old Median *Pāθragadā- (literally “protective mace”).

Proper noun

Pasargadae

  1. An ancient city of Persia, a capital of the Achaemenid Empire.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πασαργάδαι (Pasargádai).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Pasargadae f pl (genitive Pasargadārum); first declension

  1. Pasargadae

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, plural only.

plural
nominative Pasargadae
genitive Pasargadārum
dative Pasargadīs
accusative Pasargadās
ablative Pasargadīs
vocative Pasargadae
locative Pasargadīs

Descendants

  • French: Pasargades
  • Italian: Pasargade
  • → English: Pasargadae

References

  • “Pasargadae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Pasargadae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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