Amestris

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄμηστρις (Ámēstris), itself from Old Persian *Amāstrī.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Amēstris f sg (genitive Amēstris); third declension

  1. 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