Cambyses

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Καμβῡ́σης (Kambū́sēs).

Proper noun

Cambyses

1. An Old Persian male given name, particularly borne by Achaemenid kings of Persia.

Translations

Old Persian male given name

• Arabic: قَمْبِيز m (qambīz)
• Elamite: 𒋡𒈾𒁍𒍢𒄿𒀀 (kanbūciyā)
• French: Cambyse (fr)
• Greek: Καμβύσης (el) (Kamvýsis)

  Ancient: Καμβῡ́σης (Kambū́sēs)

• Italian: Cambise
• Japanese: カンビュセス (Kanbyusesu)
• Latin: Cambyses
• Old Persian: 𐎣𐎲𐎢𐎪𐎡𐎹 (k-b-u-ji-i-y /⁠kaⁿbūjiya⁠/)
• Persian: کمبوجیه (fa) (kambujiye)
• Russian: Камбиз (Kambiz)

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Καμβῡ́σης (Kambū́sēs).

View of the river Iori

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kamˈbyː.seːs/, [kämˈbyːs̠eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kamˈbi.ses/, [kämˈbiːs̬es]

Proper noun

Cambȳsēs m sg (genitive Cambȳsis); third declension

1. The name of several kings of Persia
2. A river in Albania, rising in the Caucasus and flowing into the Cyrus, now the river Iori
3. A river that flows into the Caspian Sea near the river Amardus

Declension

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cambȳsēs
Genitive	Cambȳsis
Dative	Cambȳsī
Accusative	Cambȳsem
Ablative	Cambȳse
Vocative	Cambȳsēs
Locative	Cambȳsī Cambȳse

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