Hyperanthes

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὑπεράνθης (Huperánthēs), itself from Old Persian *Hubā̆ranta-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /hy.peˈran.tʰeːs/, [hʏpɛˈrän̪t̪ʰeːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.peˈran.tes/, [ipeˈrän̪t̪es]

Proper noun

Hyperanthēs m sg (genitive Hyperanthis); third declension

1. A Persian general, son of Darius and brother of Xerxes and Abrocomes

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Hyperanthēs
Genitive	Hyperanthis
Dative	Hyperanthī
Accusative	Hyperanthem
Ablative	Hyperanthe
Vocative	Hyperanthēs

References

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