"Κῦρος" meaning in Ancient Greek

See Κῦρος in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /kŷː.ros/, /ˈcy.ros/, /ˈci.ros/, /kŷː.ros/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈky.ros/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈcy.ros/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈcy.ros/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈci.ros/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Old Persian 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 (ku-u-ru-u-š /⁠Kuruš⁠/). Etymology templates: {{bor|grc|peo|𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁|ts=Kuruš}} Old Persian 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 (ku-u-ru-u-š /⁠Kuruš⁠/) Head templates: {{grc-proper noun|Κῡ́ρου|m|second}} Κῦρος • (Kûros) m (genitive Κῡ́ρου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|Κῦρος|Κῡ́ρου|dial=att|form=M-sing}} Forms: Kûros [romanization], Κῡ́ρου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], ὁ Κῦρος [nominative, singular], τοῦ Κῡ́ρου [genitive, singular], τῷ Κῡ́ρῳ [dative, singular], τὸν Κῦρον [accusative, singular], Κῦρε [singular, vocative]
  1. Cyrus Synonyms: Κόρος (Kóros) Derived forms: Κῡ́ρειος (Kū́reios)
    Sense id: en-Κῦρος-grc-name-rNhYq0uF
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Forms: Kûros [romanization], Κῡ́ρου [genitive]
Etymology: Related to Old Armenian Կուր (Kur). Perhaps from Urartian 𒆳𒄣𒊑𒀀𒉌 (ᴷᵁᴿqu-ri-a-ni /⁠Quriani⁠/), a land possibly in the upper reaches of the Kura river. Etymology templates: {{cog|xcl|Կուր}} Old Armenian Կուր (Kur), {{der|grc|xur|𒆳𒄣𒊑𒀀𒉌|tr=ᴷᵁᴿqu-ri-a-ni|ts=Quriani}} Urartian 𒆳𒄣𒊑𒀀𒉌 (ᴷᵁᴿqu-ri-a-ni /⁠Quriani⁠/) Head templates: {{grc-proper noun|Κῡ́ρου|m|second}} Κῦρος • (Kûros) m (genitive Κῡ́ρου); second declension
  1. Kura (a river in the Armenian Highland, forming the boundary between Armenia and Caucasian Albania). Categories (place): Places in Armenia, Rivers
    Sense id: en-Κῦρος-grc-name-grc:river Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 7 93 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek masculine proper nouns in the second declension: 12 88 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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        "3": "second"
      },
      "expansion": "Κῦρος • (Kûros) m (genitive Κῡ́ρου); second declension",
      "name": "grc-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "grc:Places in Armenia",
        "grc:Rivers"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Kura (a river in the Armenian Highland, forming the boundary between Armenia and Caucasian Albania)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Kura",
          "Kura#English"
        ],
        [
          "Armenian Highland",
          "Armenian Highland"
        ],
        [
          "Armenia",
          "Armenia#English"
        ],
        [
          "Caucasian Albania",
          "Caucasian Albania"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "grc:river"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Cyrus",
    "de:Guriana"
  ],
  "word": "Κῦρος"
}

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