Κῦρος
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Persian 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 (ku-u-ru-u-š /Kuruš/).[1]
Alternative forms edit
- Κόρος (Kóros)
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kŷː.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈky.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈcy.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈcy.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈci.ros/
Proper noun edit
Κῦρος • (Kûros) m (genitive Κῡ́ρου); second declension
Inflection edit
Derived terms edit
- Κῡ́ρειος (Kū́reios)
Descendants edit
References edit
Further reading edit
- “Κῦρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Κῦρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007
Etymology 2 edit
Related to Old Armenian Կուր (Kur). Perhaps from Urartian 𒆳𒄣𒊑𒀀𒉌 (KURqu-ri-a-ni /Quriani/), a land possibly in the upper reaches of the Kura river.[1]
Proper noun edit
Κῦρος • (Kûros) m (genitive Κῡ́ρου); second declension
- Kura (a river in the Armenian Highland, forming the boundary between Armenia and Caucasian Albania).
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Diakonoff, I. M., Kashkai, S. M. (1981) “Quriane”, in Geographical Names According to Urartian Texts (Répertoire géographique des textes cunéiformes; 9), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, pages 70–71