Xerxes

From Ancient Greek Ξέρξης (Xérxēs), from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠 (x-š-y-a-r-š-a /⁠Xšayāršā⁠/, “ruler among kings”). Doublet of Ahasuerus.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈzɜːk.siːz/
• (US) enPR: zûrk'sēz, IPA^(key): /ˈzɝksiːz/

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Xerxes (plural Xerxeses)

1. (historical) Xerxes I, a Persian king of the Achaemenid dynasty who reigned 485-465 BC.
2. (historical) Xerxes II, a Persian king who ruled for 45 days in 424 BC before being assassinated.
3. A male given name from Old Persian mainly applied to historical and fictional characters.

• Ahasuerus
• Artaxerxes

• “Xerxes”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Xenophon in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Learned borrowing from Latin Xerxes, from Ancient Greek Ξέρξης (Xérxēs).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈʃɛr.ʃəs]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈʃər.ʃəs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈʃeɾ.ʃes]

Xerxes m

1. Xerxes

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ξέρξης (Xérxēs).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈksɛrk.seːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈksɛrk.ses]

Xerxēs m sg (genitive Xerxae or Xerxis); variously declined, first declension, third declension

1. Xerxes (specifically Xerxes I)

Both first- and third-declension forms are found:

First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs), singular only.

Third-declension noun, singular only.

• → Czech: Xerxes, Xerxés
• → Dutch: Xerxes
  • Afrikaans: Xerxes
• → English: Xerxes (see there for further descendants)
• → Finnish: Kserkses
• → French: Xerxès
• → Hungarian: Xerxész
• → Italian: Serse
• → Latvian: Kserkss
• → Portuguese: Xerxes
• → Spanish: Jerjes (see there for further descendants)

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

• Xerxes (nomen) on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la

From Ancient Greek Ξέρξης (Xérxēs), from Old Persian 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠 (x-š-y-a-r-š-a /⁠Xšayāršā⁠/, “ruler among kings”). Doublet of Assuero, via Hebrew.

Xerxes m

1. Xerxes (name of various Persian emperors)