Iaxartes

== English == === Alternative forms === Jaxartes === Etymology === From Latin Iaxartes, from Ancient Greek Ἰαξάρτης (Iaxártēs), from Old Persian [Term?]. === Proper noun === Iaxartes The Syr Darya river. , II.ii.3: I would examine the Caspian Sea, and see where and how it exonerates itself, after it hath taken in Volga, Iaxartes, Oxus, and those great rivers; at the mouth of Obi, or where? == Latin == === Alternative forms === Jaxartēs === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰαξάρτης (Iaxártēs). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [jakˈsar.teːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [jakˈsar.tes] === Proper noun === Iaxartēs m sg (genitive Iaxartis); third declension The Syr Darya river ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun, singular only. === References === “Iaxartes”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “Jaxartes”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly