Amestris
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Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄμηστρις (Ámēstris), itself from Old Persian [Term?] (/*Amāstrī-/, literally “strong woman”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈmeːs.tris/, [äˈmeːs̠t̪rɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈmes.tris/, [äˈmɛst̪ris]
Proper noun[edit]
Amēstris f sg (genitive Amēstris); third declension
- The wife of Xerxes and the mother of Artaxerxes
Declension[edit]
Third-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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