Κῦρος

See also: κύρος and κῦρος

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

From Old Persian 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 (ku-u-ru-u-š /⁠Kuruš⁠/).[1]

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Κῦρος • (Kûros) m (genitive Κῡ́ρου); second declension

  1. Cyrus
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ Κῦρος; τοῦ Κῡ́ρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Κῦρος
ho Kûros
Genitive τοῦ Κῡ́ρου
toû Kū́rou
Dative τῷ Κῡ́ρῳ
tôi Kū́rōi
Accusative τὸν Κῦρον
tòn Kûron
Vocative Κῦρε
Kûre
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Derived terms
  • Κῡ́ρειος (Kū́reios)
Descendants
  • Greek: Κύρος (Kýros)
  • → German: Kyros
  • → Latin: Cyrus
  • → Old Armenian: Կիւրոս (Kiwros)
References
  1. Tavernier, Jan (2007) “5.5.1.34. Kuraš”, in Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 528
Further reading
  • “Κῦρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Κῦρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,007

Etymology 2

Related to Old Armenian Կուր (Kur). Perhaps from Urartian 𒆳𒄣𒊑𒀀𒉌 (KURqu-ri-a-ni /⁠Quriani⁠/), a land possibly in the upper reaches of the Kura river.[1]

Proper noun

Κῦρος • (Kûros) m (genitive Κῡ́ρου); second declension

  1. Kura (a river in the Armenian Highland, forming the boundary between Armenia and Caucasian Albania).
Descendants
  • → Latin: Cyrus
  • → Russian: Кура́ (Kurá)
References
  1. Diakonoff, I. M., Kashkai, S. M. (1981) “Quriane”, in Geographical Names According to Urartian Texts (Répertoire géographique des textes cunéiformes; 9), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, pages 70–71

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