Amestris
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄμηστρις (Ámēstris), itself from Old Persian *Amāstrī.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aˈmeːs.trɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈmɛs.t̪ris]
Proper noun
Amēstris f sg (genitive Amēstris); third declension
- The wife of Xerxes and the mother of Artaxerxes
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Amēstris |
| genitive | Amēstris |
| dative | Amēstrī |
| accusative | Amēstrem |
| ablative | Amēstre |
| vocative | Amēstris |
References
- “Amestris”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray