Cyrus

English Pronunciation en /ˈsaɪɹəs/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Cyrus.wav Southern England en aɪɹəs 2 Etymology 1 en la Cȳrus, from en grc Κῦρος, from en peo 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 Xpeo kuruš. As a saints' name it has been identified by folk etymology with Ancient Greek grc κύριος lord. Proper noun + Cyri<l:rare> en Q8423 An ancient king of Persia, Cyrus the Great. Ezra 1 2 cvij 1 Thus ſayeth Cyꝛus the kynge of Perſia: The LORDE God of heauẽ hath geuen me all the kyngdomes in the londe and hath commaunded me to buylde him an houſe at Ieruſalem in Iuda. en Luuk Huitink Xenophon Koen De Temmerman; Evert van Emde Boas Characterization in Ancient Greek Literature Mnemosyne Supplements: Monographs on Greek and Latin Language and Literature, 411; Studies in Ancient Greek Narrative, 4 Leiden Brill 2018 part 7 (Biography) 471 https://archive.org/details/oapen-20.500.12657-52544/page/471/mode/1up 978-90-04-35630-6 0169-8958 Furthermore, the superlative formulation of Cyrus’ character (he possesses kallos, philanthrōpia, philomathia and philotimia to an outstanding degree) may be thought to make him a supremely successful leader, but also a unique and not so easily imitated one (how many Cyruses do you know? Can you be Cyrus?). en male Old Persian. en Io[annes] Lod[ovicus] Viues I[ohn] H[ealey] St. Augustine, of the Citie of God: With the Learned Comments of Io. Lod. Viues.Englished by I. H. [London] Printed by George Eld 1610 page 125 and index Cyrus] There were two Cyri the greater, meant here, Conqueror of Aſia, Scythia, and all the Eaſt, reigning in the time of Tarquin the proud. The other was Cyrus the leſſer, ſonne to Darius, brother to Artaxerxes, whoſe iourney into Perſia, Xenophon wrote. marginal note: The tvvo Cyri. Cyri who they were. en D. Hegyi Historical Authenticity of Herodotus in the Persian «Logoi» Acta Antiqua Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 21 Budapest w:Akadémiai Kiadó 1973 76–77 https://books.google.com/books?id=qbwTAQAAMAAJ&q=Cyri 0044-5975 At this passage the Behistun inscription does not enumerate the names of all the nine Achaemenians, but from an inscription Aššurbānapli to be dated to 639 B. C. we know that a certain Kuraš was the king of the country of Parsumaš at this time and this could be the grandfather of Cyrus «the Great». In the family tree between the two Cyri appears Cambyses I, who is mentioned by Herodotus. en J[ohn] E[dward] Atkinson Commentary on Book 3 A Commentary on Q. Curtius Rufus’ Historiae Alexandri Magni, Books 3 and 4 Amsterdam J.C. Gieben 1980 137 https://books.google.com/books?id=qKf_EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA137 90 70265 61 3 Contrast Arrian’s statement that the camp belonged to the younger Cyrus (ii, 4.3). It is unlikely that both Cyri camped in the same area (pace Mützell), for when Cyrus marched against Croesus he entered Asia Minor on the northerly route, as Pteria was his first objective (Hdt. i, 76.1), and he would not therefore have gone through the Cilician Gates. en. Derived terms en Bucyrus en St Cyrus Translations ancient king of Persia Q8423 Arabic: ar قُورَش m Aramaic: arc כורש Armenian: hy Կյուրոս Old Armenian: xcl Կիւրոս Azerbaijani: az Kir Catalan: ca Cir m Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 居魯士 Jūlǔshì, cmn 古列 Gǔliè Finnish: fi Kyyros French: fr Cyrus m Middle French: frm Cyre m Georgian: ka კიროსი Greek: el Κύρος ο Μέγας m Ancient Greek: grc Κῦρος m Hebrew: he כורש kóresh Hindi: hi कुरुश m Italian: it Ciro m Japanese: ja キューロス kyūrosu Korean: ko Latin: la Cyrus Macedonian: mk Кир Navajo: nv Sáíras Persian: fa کوروش kuroš Old Persian: peo 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 kuruš Polish: pl Cyrus m-pr Portuguese: pt Ciro m Rarotongan: rar Kuro Romanian: ro Russian: ru Кир m Sicilian: scn Ciru m Spanish: es Ciro m Tajik: tg Куруш Telugu: te కోరెషు male given name Armenian: hy Կյուրոս Catalan: ca Cir m Esperanto: eo Ciro Greek: el Κύρος Hebrew: he כּוֹרֶשׁ Italian: it Ciro m Persian: fa کورش kuroš, fa سیروس sirus Polish: pl Cyrus m-pr Portuguese: pt Ciro m Russian: ru Са́йрус m, ru Кир m Sicilian: scn Ciru m Spanish: es Ciro m References 2001 Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges A Concise Dictionary of First Names Oxford University Press Etymology 2 From en la Cȳrus, from en grc Κῦρος, perhaps from en xur 𒆳𒄣𒊑𒀀𒉌 KURqu-ri-a-ni de Guriana Quriani, a land possibly in the upper reaches of the Kura river.Quriane 70–71 Proper noun 1 en The Kura <<river>>, as it is called in classical sources. en 1868 Route 20: London to Tiflis Handbook for Travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland 2nd London John Murray 321 https://archive.org/details/gri_33125009080421/page/n337/mode/2up?q=Cyrus 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. See also en Phasis References Anagrams en crsuy crusy Cebuano Etymology ceb From ceb en Cyrus, from ceb la Cyrus, from ceb grc Κῦρος, from ceb peo 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 Xpeo kuruš. Pronunciation sayrus Proper noun ceb noun en Cyrus, an ancient king of Persia ceb male English < Ancient Greek < Old Persian ceb Ancient Near East Latin right|thumb|View of the river Etymology la Cȳrus :bor grc:Κῦρος + 1 Pronunciation Cȳrus 1 Proper noun Cȳrus<2> en Cyrus la rivers en Kura Declension Cȳrus<2> Derived terms la Cȳrēa Descendants ca Cir it Ciro frm Cyre pt Ciro es Ciro en Cyrus 1 fr Cyrus unadapted borrowing 1 References la Individuals Rivers