Xerxes
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Ξέρξης (Xérxēs), from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠 (x-š-y-a-r-š-a /Xšayāršā/, “ruler among kings”). Doublet of Ahasuerus.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Xerxes (plural Xerxeses)
- (historical) Xerxes I, a Persian king of the Achaemenid dynasty who reigned 485-465 BC.
- (historical) Xerxes II, a Persian king who ruled for 45 days in 424 BC before being assassinated.
- A male given name from Old Persian mainly applied to historical and fictional characters.
Descendants edit
- → Tagalog: Xerxes
Translations edit
Xerxes I of Persia
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Xerxes II of Persia
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See also edit
Further reading edit
- “Xerxes”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- Xenophon in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
Catalan edit
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Proper noun edit
Xerxes m
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek Ξέρξης (Xérxēs).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkserk.seːs/, [ˈks̠ɛrks̠eːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkserk.ses/, [ˈksɛrkses]
Noun edit
Xerxēs m sg (variously declined, genitive Xerxae or Xerxis); first declension, third declension
Declension edit
Both first- and third-declension forms are found:
First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs), singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Xerxēs |
Genitive | Xerxae |
Dative | Xerxae |
Accusative | Xerxēn |
Ablative | Xerxē |
Vocative | Xerxē |
Third-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Xerxēs |
Genitive | Xerxis |
Dative | Xerxī |
Accusative | Xerxem |
Ablative | Xerxe |
Vocative | Xerxēs |
Descendants edit
- → Czech: Xerxes, Xerxés
- → Dutch: Xerxes
- Afrikaans: Xerxes
- → English: Xerxes (see there for further descendants)
- → Finnish: Kserkses
- → French: Xerxès
- → Hungarian: Xerxész
- → Italian: Serse
- → Latvian: Kserkss
- → Portuguese: Xerxes
- → Spanish: Jerjes (see there for further descendants)
References edit
- “Xerxes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Xerxes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Further reading edit
- Xerxes (nomen) on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
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Proper noun edit
Xerxes m
- Xerxes (name of various Persian emperors)