Iaxartes

English

Alternative forms

• Jaxartes

Etymology

From Latin Iaxartes, from Ancient Greek Ἰαξάρτης (Iaxártēs), from Old Persian [Term?].

Proper noun

Iaxartes

1. The Syr Darya river.
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
     , II.ii.3:

     I would examine the Caspian Sea, and see where and how it exonerates itself, after it hath taken in Volga, Iaxartes, Oxus, and those great rivers; at the mouth of Obi, or where?

Latin

View of the river

Alternative forms

• Jaxartēs

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰαξάρτης (Iaxártēs).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /i̯akˈsar.teːs/, [i̯äkˈs̠ärt̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /jakˈsar.tes/, [jäkˈsärt̪es]

Proper noun

Iaxartēs m sg (genitive Iaxartis); third declension

1. The Syr Darya river

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Iaxartēs
Genitive	Iaxartis
Dative	Iaxartī
Accusative	Iaxartem
Ablative	Iaxarte
Vocative	Iaxartēs

References

• Iaxartes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Jaxartes”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly