Cyrus

From Latin Cȳrus, from Ancient Greek Κῦρος (Kûros), from Old Persian 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 (kuruš). As a saints' name it has been identified by folk etymology with Ancient Greek κύριος (kúrios, “lord”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪɹəs/

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• Rhymes: -aɪɹəs

Cyrus

1. An ancient king of Persia, Cyrus the Great.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Ezra 1:2:

     Thus sayth Cyrus king of Persia, The Lord God of heauen hath giuen mee all the kingdomes of the earth, and he hath charged me to build him an house at Ierusalem, which is in Iudah.

2. A male given name from Old Persian.
3. A surname.

• Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: A Concise Dictionary of First Names. Oxford University Press 2001.

• crusy

From English Cyrus, from Latin Cyrus, from Ancient Greek Κῦρος (Kûros), from Old Persian 𐎤𐎢𐎽𐎢𐏁 (kuruš).

Cyrus

1. Cyrus, an ancient king of Persia
2. a male given name from Old Persian

From Ancient Greek Κῦρος (Kûros).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkyː.rus/, [ˈkyːrʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.rus/, [ˈt͡ʃiːrus]

Cȳrus m sg (genitive Cȳrī); second declension

1. Cyrus
2. (rivers) Kura

Second-declension noun, singular only.

• Cȳrēa

• “Cyrus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Cyrus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette