Cyrus

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪɹəs/

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• Rhymes: -aɪɹəs

From Latin Cȳrus, from Ancient Greek Κῦρος (Kûros), from Old Persian 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 (kuruš). As a saints' name it has been identified by folk etymology with Ancient Greek κύριος (kúrios, “lord”).

Cyrus

1. An ancient king of Persia, Cyrus the Great.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezra 1:2:

     Thus sayth Cyrus king of Persia, The Lord God of heauen hath giuen mee all the kingdomes of the earth, and he hath charged me to build him an house at Ierusalem, which is in Iudah.

2. A male given name from Old Persian.
3. A surname.

• St Cyrus

• Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges (2001) A Concise Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press

From Latin Cȳrus, from Ancient Greek Κῦρος (Kûros), perhaps from Urartian 𒆳𒄣𒊑𒀀𒉌 (^KURqu-ri-a-ni /⁠Quriani⁠/), a land possibly in the upper reaches of the Kura river.[1]

Cyrus

1. The Kura river, as it is called in classical sources.
   • 1868, “Route 20: London to Tiflis […] ”, in Handbook for Travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland, 2nd edition, London: John Murray, page 321:

     In the mountains near Suram is a watering-place called Burjan, to which the Imperial Lieutenant of the Caucasus retires in summer. The river Kur, the ancient Cyrus, takes its rise in that district.

• Phasis

• crusy

From English Cyrus, from Latin Cyrus, from Ancient Greek Κῦρος (Kûros), from Old Persian 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 (kuruš).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsajɾus/, [ˈs̪aɪ̯.ɾ̪ʊs̪]

Cyrus

1. Cyrus, an ancient king of Persia
2. a male given name from English [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Old Persian]

From Ancient Greek Κῦρος (Kûros).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkyː.rus/, [ˈkyːrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.rus/, [ˈt͡ʃiːrus]

Cȳrus m sg (genitive Cȳrī); second declension

1. Cyrus
2. (rivers) Kura

Second-declension noun, singular only.

• Cȳrēa

• “Cyrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Cyrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.