Latin edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀλυάττης (Aluáttēs), itself from Lydian 𐤥𐤠𐤩𐤥𐤤𐤯 (walwet).

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Alyattēs m sg (genitive Alyattis); third declension

  1. A king of Lydia and father of Croesus

Declension edit

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Alyattēs
Genitive Alyattis
Dative Alyattī
Accusative Alyattem
Ablative Alyatte
Vocative Alyattēs

References edit

  • 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.