Amestris
Latin
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄμηστρις (Ámēstris), itself from Old Persian [Term?] (/*Amāstrī-/, literally “strong woman”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /aˈmeːs.tris/, [äˈmeːs̠t̪rɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈmes.tris/, [äˈmɛst̪ris]
Proper noun
editAmēstris f sg (genitive Amēstris); third declension
- The wife of Xerxes and the mother of Artaxerxes
Declension
editThird-declension noun (i-stem), singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Amēstris |
Genitive | Amēstris |
Dative | Amēstrī |
Accusative | Amēstrem |
Ablative | Amēstre |
Vocative | Amēstris |
References
edit- “Amestris”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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