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
- C
On Kings
Cornelius Nepos
"...Xerxes et duo Artaxerxae, Macrochir cognomine et Mnemon. Xerxi maxime est illustre, quod maximis post hominum memoriam exercitibus..." - C
Pausanias
Cornelius Nepos
"...atque in his nonnullos regis propinquos, hos clam Xerxi remisit, simulans ex vinclis publicis effugisse..." - G
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..."