Cyaxares

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κυαξάρης (Kuaxárēs), itself from Median, reflecting Old Iranian *^hUvaxštra-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kyˈak.sa.reːs/, [kyˈäks̠äreːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈak.sa.res/, [t͡ʃiˈäksäres]

Proper noun

Cyaxarēs m sg (genitive Cyaxaris); third declension

1. A king of Media and son of Phraortes

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Cyaxarēs
Genitive	Cyaxaris
Dative	Cyaxarī
Accusative	Cyaxarem
Ablative	Cyaxare
Vocative	Cyaxarēs

References

• “Cyaxares”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray