Alyattes

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀλυάττης (Aluáttēs), itself from Lydian 𐤥𐤠𐤩𐤥𐤤𐤯 (walwet). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.lyˈat.teːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.liˈat.tes] === Proper noun === Alyattēs m sg (genitive Alyattis); third declension A king of Lydia and father of Croesus ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, singular only. === References === “Alyattes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Alyattes”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.