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Κῦρος

Second declension Noun; Masculine 고유 Transliteration:

Principal Part: Κῦρος

Structure: Κῡρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. the elder Cyrus
  2. the brother of Artaxerxes

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἤκουσα γὰρ τῆσ Κλωθοῦσ πρῴην ἀναγινωσκούσησ τὰ ἑκάστῳ ἐπικεκλωσμένα, ἐν οἷσ καὶ ταῦτα ἐγέγραπτο, Κροῖσον μὲν ἁλῶναι ὑπὸ Κύρου, Κῦρον δὲ αὐτὸν ὑπ’ ἐκεινησὶ τῆσ Μασσαγέτιδοσ ἀποθανεῖν. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 13:3)
  • Ἡρόδοτοσ δὲ ἀπὸ τῆσ Λυδῶν βασιλείασ ἀρξάμενοσ καὶ μέχρι τῆσ Κροίσου καταβὰσ ἐπὶ Κῦρον εὐθέωσ τὸν καταλύσαντα τὴν Κροίσου ἀρχὴν μεταβαίνει, Αἰγυπτίων τε ἄρχεται διηγημάτων καὶ Σκυθικῶν καὶ Λιβυκῶν, τὰ μὲν ὡσ ἀκόλουθα δηλῶν, τὰ δὲ ὡσ ἐπιζητούμενα προσαναλαμβάνων, τὰ δ’ ὡσ χαριεστέραν ποιήσοντα τὴν διήγησιν ἐπεισάγων· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 3 14:1)
  • καὶ οὐ μόνον γε τοὺσ τυχόντασ ἀδικεῖ, ἀλλ’ ἤδη καὶ τῷ μεγάλῳ βασιλεῖ, ᾧ καὶ γῆν καὶ θάλασσαν εἶξαί φασι καὶ τῆσ αὑτῶν φύσεωσ ἐκστῆναι, τὸ δὲ καὶ τούτῳ ἐπιβουλεύει καὶ Κῦρον αὐτὸν ὄντα Τῦρόν τινα ἀπέφηνεν. (Lucian, Judicium vocalium, (no name) 11:7)
  • ἄλλον δὲ οὐδένα ἐμβαλεῖν ἐσ γῆν τὴν Ἰνδῶν ἐπὶ πολέμῳ, οὐδὲ Κῦρον τὸν Καμβύσεω, καίτοι ἐπὶ Σκύθασ ἐλάσαντα καὶ τἄλλα πολυπραγμονέστατον δὴ τῶν κατὰ τὴν Ἀσίην βασιλέων γενόμενον τὸν Κῦρον. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 9 10:1)

Synonyms

  1. the brother of Artaxerxes

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