achaemenis

== Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀχαιμενίς (akhaimenís), according to Beekes ultimately from Ἀχαιμένης (Akhaiménēs, “founder of the Achaemenid dynasty”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈkʰae̯.mɛ.nɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈkɛː.me.nis] === Noun === achaemenis f (genitive achaemenidis); third declension a plant alleged to have magical properties ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Quotations ==== === References === “achaemenis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “achaemenis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.