Hyperanthes

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὑπεράνθης (Huperánthēs), itself from Old Persian *Hubā̆ranta-.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Hyperanthēs m sg (genitive Hyperanthis); third declension

  1. A Persian general, son of Darius and brother of Xerxes and Abrocomes

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Hyperanthēs
Genitive Hyperanthis
Dative Hyperanthī
Accusative Hyperanthem
Ablative Hyperanthe
Vocative Hyperanthēs

References[edit]

  • Hyperanthes”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray