Achaemenes

• Achæmenes

From Ancient Greek Ἀχαιμένης (Akhaiménēs), itself from Old Persian 𐏃𐎧𐎠𐎶𐎴𐎡𐏁 (h-x-a-m-n-i-š /⁠Haxāmaniš⁠/, literally “having the mind of someone allegiant”).

• IPA^(key): /əˈkɛməniːz/

Achaemenes

1. The founder of the Achaemenid dynasty.

From Ancient Greek Ἀχαιμένης (Akhaiménēs).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈkʰae̯.me.neːs/, [äˈkʰäe̯mɛneːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈke.me.nes/, [äˈkɛːmenes]

Achaemenēs m sg (genitive Achaemenis); third declension

1. Achaemenes, first ruler of the Persian Achaemenid dynasty

Third-declension noun, singular only.

• “Achaemenes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Achaemenes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Achaemenes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.