Cambyses

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek Καμβῡ́σης (Kambū́sēs). === Proper noun === Cambyses An Old Persian male given name, particularly borne by Achaemenid kings of Persia. ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Καμβῡ́σης (Kambū́sēs). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kamˈbyː.seːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kamˈbiː.s̬es] === Proper noun === Cambȳsēs m sg (genitive Cambȳsis); third declension The name of several kings of Persia a river in Albania, rising in the Caucasus and flowing into the Cyrus, now the river Iori A river that flows into the Caspian Sea near the river Amardus ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only. === References === “Cambyses”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “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