xerxi
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Xerxes, Xerxis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Geography:
- Persia
Xerxes; (son of Darius, King of Persia 485-465 BC); (invaded Greece 480 BC);
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
On Kings
Cornelius Nepos
"...Xerxes et duo Artaxerxae, Macrochir cognomine et Mnemon. Xerxi maxime est illustre, quod maximis post hominum memoriam exercitibus..."Pausanias
Cornelius Nepos
"...atque in his nonnullos regis propinquos, hos clam Xerxi remisit, simulans ex vinclis publicis effugisse..."Gaius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...plerosque existimasse talem a Gaio pontem excogitatum aemulatione Xerxis, qui non sine admiratione aliquanto angustiorem Hellespontum contabulaverit; alios..."