Cambyses

From Ancient Greek Καμβῡ́σης (Kambū́sēs).

Cambyses

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

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Καμβῡ́σης (Kambū́sēs).

View of the river Iori

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

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

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• “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